Kennedy and Johnson Years

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Kennedy and Johnson Years

• I. A Tragic End November 1963
• a. Nov. 22nd 1963
• 1. 1230pm J.F.K. assassinated in Dallas
  Texas
• 2. 235pm Lyndon Baines Johnson (L.B.J.)
• -sworn in aboard Air Force One
• 3. Primary suspect Lee Harvey Oswald
• -Oswald assassinated by Jack Ruby
  Nov. 24th 1963
• 4. Nov. 29th L.B.J. appointed Warren
  Commission
• -Assigned to investigate the
  Kennedy Assassination
• -Oswald acted alone

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II. Lyndon Baines Johnsons Great society

• In a land of great wealth, families must not
  live in hopeless poverty
• a. The Great Society
• 1. Poverty Relief
• -Economic Opportunity Act
• -Head Start
• -Volunteers in Service to America
• -(VISTA)
• 2. Education aid
• Elementary and Secondary Education Act
  of 1965
• -1.3 billion / state
• 3. Healthcare
• -Medicare for elderly
• -Medicaid for poor
• 4. Immigration Act of 1965
• -Encouraged immigration to the U.S.

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III. Landmark Supreme court decisions

• a. The Warren Court (Chief Justice Earl Warren)
• 1. Brown V. Board (1954)
• 2. Engel v. Vitale (1962)
• -No public school prayer
• 3. Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
• -Free public defense (if one cannot
  afford an attorney)
• 4. Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)
• -Lawyer must be present before
  questioning
• 5. Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
• -rights of the accused (remain silent,
  attorney, etc)