As we will see in a few chapters, President Johnson (LBJ) was a very controversial figure in regards to the Vietnam War. His foreign policies, and his tendency to not tell the whole truth, caused him a lot of problems.
One of the brighter spots in his administration was his determination to help the underprivileged in America. He called his program "The Great Society".
For this week's blog, watch this video. For the comment section, do the following...
1) Create a Top 10 List of the most important things you learned from this video (100 words)
2) Write a paragraph discussing whether or not you thing the federal government should be responsible for "eliminating poverty". (100 words)
Lyndon B Johnson was very powerful in the US government during his time.
ReplyDeleteLyndon B Johnson was JFK‘s vice president and he was a Democrat from Texas and helped JFK get elected.
Lyndon B. Johnson had an active government and tried to solve economic problems.
1964 civil rights act was passed by Lyndon B. Johnson and was started by JFK
Lyndon B Johnson basically outlawed Jim Crow and all of his laws on segregation.
He also passed the 1965 voting rights act
Lyndon B. Johnson made sure black people were able to vote.
He also took away a poll taxes
He also passed the immigration act of 1965
He also increased America’s population from just whites and blacks to Latin Americans and Asians And many more.
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After I watch this video I learned a lot about how America had progressed so much in such little time simply because we had a president who had a completely different mindset than previous presidents.Lyndon B Johnson started off as JFK’s vice president and after JFK was assassinated he became president and practically serve to full-term. While he was president he followed through with everything JFK was already doing and went above and beyond on progressing America. He helped and segregation he passed voting ask that took out the literacy test and poll taxes for everyone. He increased immigration bypassing the immigration law and added a lot of diversity in America. Lyndon B. Johnson did a lot of amazing things for the country.(125)
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ReplyDelete1.He was JFK Vice President and helped jfk get elected
ReplyDelete2.He helped passed the 1964 civil rights act
3.He helped passed the 1965 voting act and the immigration act
4.He also helped lift people out of poverty and helped with the jobs and peace core
5.He wanted blacks to have right to vote
6.He lead a lot like JFK did by believing in a strong constitution and leader
7.They had many acts to try and get businesses to be more honest with what they did and all
8.LBJ helped America grow in population during this time and getting a bit more mixed with religion and race
9.LBJ helped us with a bunch of health stuff also Medicare stuff
10.Took away poll taxes so everyone could vote and they would not have to pay a pointless fee to vote (138)
I believe that the federal government should not be fully responsible for eliminating poverty but I believe they have to start it. I feel if you want poverty to be fully eliminated the government has to start it and the people have to make it happen. I say this because the government could try to do it and the people could not care but if the people try to eliminate poverty together then it would be eliminated because everyone is trying to eliminate it and not just some people. That is my thoughts on this matter for now at least. (100)
1.)Lyndon B Johnson was very powerful in the US government during his time.
ReplyDelete2.)Lyndon B Johnson was JFK‘s vice president and he was a Democrat from Texas and helped JFK get elected.
3)Lyndon B. Johnson had an active government and tried to solve economic problems.
4)1964 civil rights act was passed by Lyndon B. Johnson and was started by JFK
5)Lyndon B Johnson basically outlawed Jim Crow and all of his laws on segregation.
6)Lyndon B Johnson was very powerful in the US government during his time.
7)Lyndon B Johnson was JFK‘s vice president and he was a Democrat from Texas and helped JFK get elected.
Lyndon B. Johnson had an active government and tried to solve economic problems.
1964 civil rights act was passed by Lyndon B. Johnson and was started by JFK
Lyndon B Johnson basically outlawed Jim Crow and all of his laws on segregation.
I believe that the federal government should not be fully responsible for eliminating poverty but I believe they have to start it. He helped and segregation he passed voting ask that took out the literacy test and poll taxes for everyone. He increased immigration bypassing the immigration law and added a lot of diversity in America. Lyndon B. Johnson did a lot of amazing things for the country.(125)
1.Education is really important with the great society
ReplyDelete2.Wanted to equalize america's public schools during this era.
3.The aim was to lift people out of poverty.
4.Medicaid and medicare were a big deal during this era.
5.Medicaid was to aid the poor since it was called mediCAD
6.Medicare was care for the elderly over 65. Both of these are still a thing today while one is in trouble with running out of funding in 20 years.
7.The JFK center for arts was built during this era. The government was putting more funds towards art and other fine arts programs and institutes.
8.The fair packaging act was also passed during this era.
9.A problem with this was creating a dependency with people being able to get stuff for free.
10.Expanded over constitutional limits. (105)
The federal government should and shouldnt have a obligation to keep us out of poverty they should in the fact of thats it there job to give us options and protect us but at the same time we should not grow dependable. If we as americans grow dependable on the government then we would expect everything to be handed to us and not work for anything. The way it is now is how people want to be given things for free without working for it would drive america right into the ground. With americans growing dependable on certain things that are meant to be worked for would make everyone lazy. (102)
Top 10
ReplyDelete1. "FDR" part 2
2. 1964 Civil Rights Act, JFK, but LBJ going further with it. no more segregation. core, march on washington, etc led to it
3. voting rights act. gave the ability to monitor voters and etc.
4. 24th amendment, passed at the same time, outlawed of poll taxes (making someone pay to vote)
5. 1965 immigration nationality act. immigration shouldnt be based on location, basically abolished national origins act.
6. civil rights act of 1968, (housing act) equal housing opportunity.
7. economic opportunity act of 1964, provided education, job training etc, basically communities trying to solve their own problems by providing help that they know is needed.
8. the jobs core, helped younger people get jobs since they needed them back then.
9. domestic version of the peace core, which created people that could go into lower income communities to help build schools and structure and etc.
10. the food stamps program, direct aid for food so you could spend your other money on other useful things.
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Should the federal government be responsible for eliminating poverty? Yes and no. I think there were and still are many cases that they shouldn't be responsible because it's on the person/families fault for where they are now. Let's say you lost your job, but it was because you never showed up to work or if you did you were on drugs and could barely even work correctly. that is that person's fault for screwing it up. and it shouldn't be the government's issue to try and make up for what you lost, if you can't handle it then that's your own fault and you should have to try and fix it. but then you have the other way around, you're working hard long hours to support your family and all of a sudden your work cuts you off and you lose your job. that isn't your fault. you shouldn't be held responsible for something that you didn't have control of. But then there's the issue of, how do you know. Let's say the federal government says okay well take care of the ones who simply lost their job for no reason, well how do you really know and keep track of who's telling the truth and who's not. I think this is a lot more complicated. (217)