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This cartoon shows LBJ providing a variety of new things to the country with his new deals and programs.

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How does the Great Society reflect the dynamic nature of government?

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How does the Great Society reflect the dynamic nature of government?

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The era of the Great Society is a perfect example of showing how a government can be dynamic, during this time the government was going through some major changes. The United States was changing as a whole, from the Civil Rights movement, the mixed opinions of the Vietnam war, and the realization of environmentalism. For example President LBJ expressed his love for the environment and created acts and programs that would forever change the earth, it protected our environment against pollution, protected wildlife and expanded National Parks across the country. He signed 300 laws for the environment and said "There is no excuse for a river flowing red with blood from slaughterhouses. There is no excuse for paper mills pouring sulfuric acid into the lakes and streams of the people of this country." (NPS, n.d, para. 2). LBJ wanted to help the American people so with that you have to protect the environment too in hopes of protecting the health and wellbeing of Americans. The government was able to adapt to these changes and pass laws that will set these ideals into American life. Minorities and people in poverty were also heard and the government created programs and laws that would benefit them. Some programs include Medicare and Medicaid, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The government under LBJ was changing with the times.

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Was LBJ's Great Society programs a success or failure?

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Was LBJ's Great Society programs a success or failure?

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The Great Society was both a success and a failure for many reasons. We still use some of the bills that LBJ passed in his years of presidency, such as medicare and medicaid, but they also are getting revised and changed throughout the years. Also it has caused major impacts for society today, referring to the Civil Rights Movement. According to "How Great was the Great Society" it states "Johnson’s programs increased Social Security benefits, greatly aiding the elderly poor; instituted Medicare and Medicaid, health care supports that even conservative politicians today pledge to support; and assisted African Americans in the 1960s, whose income rose by half in the decade. The percentage of families living in poverty also declined" (Fuerherd, 2017, para 3). He had a great impact on people in that era because it made people escape from living in slums  to houses. However there was still some bad aspects about the Great Society. According to "Great Society" Americans that werent "poor" views the government as helping out too much, such as  giving food stamps, lowering the cost of houses in slums and so on. They thought that the government was too hands on and that they should stay out of it (A&E Network, 2017, para 28).  Also with all the public programs, the money that the governent used had to cost the US somehow. According to "Tallying the Cost and Benefits of the Great Society"  it states that the mandatory spending for the Great societywent from 30% to 60%, it doubled itself from the federal budget. Also, today medicare and medic aid is the main reason for out nations debt costing 1 trillion annually in the federal budget (Pethokoukls, 2016, para 2). Overall there was pros and cons of the Great Society and it shaped the way people live their lives on a day to day bases and it had a major impact on our enconomy.

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This picture shows President Lyndon B.Johnson signing the Voting RIght Acts into a law in 1965.

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APA References:

Domestic Policy: The Great Society. (2001). In J. S. Baughman, V. Bondi, R. Layman, T. McConnell, & V. Tompkins (Eds.), American Decades (Vol. 7). Detroit, MI: Gale. Retrieved from https://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX3468302295/SUIC?u=dove10524&sid=SUIC&xid=0b499107

Jost, T. S. (108, August 20). The Affordable Care Act Under the Trump Administration. Retrieved from
https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2018/affordable-care-act-under-trump-administration

Fuerherd, P. (2017, January 4). How Great Was the Great Society? | JSTOR Daily. Retrieved December 16, 2018, from https://daily.jstor.org/how-great-was-the-great-society/

A. (17, November 17). Great Society. Retrieved December 16, 2018, from https://www.history.com/topics/1960s/great-society/

Britannica, T. E. (2018, November 21). Voting Rights Act. Retrieved December 16, 2018, from https://www.britannica.com/event/Voting-Rights-Act

"The Great Society." Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History, edited by Thomas Carson and Mary Bonk, Gale, 1999. Student Resources In Context, https://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ1667500283/SUIC?u=dove10524&sid=SUIC&xid=7be38aca. Accessed 13 Dec. 2018.

National Parks Service. (n.d.). Lyndon B Johnson and the environment. Retrieved from National Parks Service website: https://www.nps.gov/lyjo/planyourvisit/upload/environmentcs2.pdf k

Civil Rights in the 1960s. (2003). In DISCovering Multicultural America: African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans. Detroit, MI: Gale. Retrieved from http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ2116200038/SUIC?u=dove10524&sid=SUIC&xid=b7af3cd9

Zeitz, Joshua, et al. “What Everyone Gets Wrong About LBJ's Great Society.” POLITICO, POLITICO, 28 Jan. 2018, www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/01/28/lbj-great-society-josh-zeitz-book-216538.

"Effects of the Great Depression—LBJ's Great Society 1963-1968.". “Effects of the Great Depression-LBJ's Great Society 1963-1968.” The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th Ed, Encyclopedia.com, 2018, www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-and-education-magazines/effects-great-depression-lbjs-great-society-1963-1968.

Woods, Randall B. “The New Deal and The Great Society: How They Were Different.” Time, Time, 5 Apr. 2016, time.com/4280457/new-deal-great-society-excerpt/.

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Voting Rights in the 1965 gave voting rights to minorities .In the early 1960s the US Congress passed laws to protect African americans  to vote,but it wasnt fully successful .At the end of reconstruction, the supreme court gave limit protection to African american voters under federal law. White southerners passed Poll taxes,literacy test, grandfather clause which made voting impossible for African Americans. When the Civil Rights Acts was passed in 1964, it also ended poll taxes for voting for federal offices.Lyndon B.Johnson called for the application of thorough federal legislation to protect voting rights.As a result,the Voting Rights Act,the literacy test was suspend,the literacy test was previously used to test voter eligibility,and the attorney general of the United States wanted to stop the use of poll taxes for state and local election.The Voting Rights Acts resulted in a decrease in voter registration between whites and blacks. According to the article,¨In the mid-1960s, for example, the overall proportion of white to black registration in  the  south ranged from about 2 to 1 to 3 to 1 (and about 10 to 1 in Mississippi); by the late 1980s racial variations in voter registration had largely disappeared¨(Britannica,2018,para 4).Also as the number of African american voters increased so did the number of African Americans in office.

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Federal benefit programs under The great Society:        ESEA 

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Federal benefit programs under The great Society:        ESEA 

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Since LBJ was a democrat from the North he believed in a hands on government and people in the south believed in a hands off government and they also mainly believed in segregation.According to "Domestic Policy: The Great Society"  LBJ got a bill passed that would cut funds from schools that still practiced segregation, (Baughman, Bondi, Layman, McConell, Tompkins, 2001, para 12). The article also states that the Elementary Secondary Education Act or "ESEA was the first law to extend  federal education funding to elementry and secondary school... The bill also provided grants to for the purchase of library materials and textbooks" (Baughman, Bondi, Layman, McConell, Tompkins, 2001, para 12). With the money that they are cutting from the schools that are still practicing segregation, they are giving to the other schools around the country that are not practicing segregation.

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Federal benefit programs under The Great Society: Medicare

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Federal benefit programs under The Great Society: Medicare

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The Medicare Act coming from "Domestic Policy" The Great Society" Medicare is an obligated hospital care program that would come from an increase in social security taxes just for elderly (65 years and older). (Baughman, Bondi, Layman, McConell, Tompkins, 2001, para 11). This important because this act is still in use. According to "The Affordable Care Act Under the Trump Administration", The Trump administration has tried to change the Affordable Care Act which was created by Obama, also known as Obama care (Jost, 2018, para 2).

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What Were LBJ's "Great Society" Programs? | History

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LBJ: The Great Society was optimistic in what they were planning to do. (Woods, 2016, para 2) The purpose of the Great Society was to eliminate poverty and racial injustice.  During Lyndon's presidency he benefited his citizens when he had the opportunity to better the country. During this decade, LBJ focused on securing the rights of African Americans. The minorities were poor and was the main group with high unemployment rates. This plan was very effective but underfunded and non-popular.

FDR: The New Deal is the pessimistic version of the Great Society. (Woods, 2016, para 2) The purpose of The New Deal was relief, recovery, and reform from the Great Depression. The New Deal was based on supporting Americans during the economic failure. FDR was more focused on the unemployed and poor citizens of the country. (Gale Group, 2002, para 95) The poor citizens ranged from blue/white collars to some of the richest people. High unemployment rates during the 30s was throughout the whole economy and social classes.  The New Deal plan wasn't effective but very popular and well funded.

Similarities: LBJ and FDR were both democratic leaders that promoted big government. Both presidents provided social welfare programs in order to benefit the country. They both lead to women having more rights and positions in the government. Both of their plans expanded on the social security system and social environment. In the long term, they both focused on enhancing the economic growth in the country.

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Federal benefit programs under The Great Society:                               Omnibus Housing Act

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Federal benefit programs under The Great Society:                               Omnibus Housing Act

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According to "Domestic policy: The Great Society" states that Omnibus Housing: "Designed to stimulate urban renewal by providing Federal funds for home building and clearance of slums" (Baughman, Bondi, Layman, McConnell, Tompkins, 2001, Para 2).
The Omnibus Housing Act was made because there was a dense amount of people living in the streets, which was called slums. This act was meant for the slums to disappear and to have people that were living in the slums to live in houses. To do that the government lowered the interest rate of for home building so people would want to buy houses and they wouldn't have to pay back as much money since interest rate is lower. This is a benefit for the economy and the people because now people will be living in nicer houses and the cities will become urbanized and there will be less homeless people.

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The Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s is sequel to the first civil rights movement during the reconstruction period.African americans were fighting against the Jim Crow laws that were first enforced by white southerners during the end of reconstruction.What first sparked the civil rights movement in 1960s was Rosa Park, she refused to give up her seat to a white man on the Montogomery bus.She was than arrested, the NAACP, churches ,and other organizations started a boycott.They encouraged African Americans not to ride the Montogomery bus,one of the main leader of the boycott was Martin Luther King Jr.He was a preacher from Atlanta,Georgia who believed in nonviolent protest and civil disobediance was the best idea for social change .In 1956, the Montogomery´s bus law was ruled unconstitutional.This boycott started a widespread of boycotts across the south.On August 28, 1963, thousands of people marched in Washington, DC and during this marched King gave his ¨I have a Dream¨speech.African american had to go through alot during the civil movement, there was extreme violence during this time.Schools and churches were bombed,there was also police violence they used tears gas, clubs,whips.But in saying this Civil Rights Movement is a very important part of American history, with non-violence protest,sit-ins and boycotts they were able to accomplish their goal.The Civil Rights bill was signed in 1964.

LBJ:After Kennedy was assainated  in 1963, President Johnson made civil rights bill one of his top priorities, the bill was signed which turned into a law, becoming the CIvil Right Rights Acts of 1964.¨It prohibited discrimination in places of public accommadation, such as restraurants,matels,and theaters;it denied federal funding to programs with discrimatory policies(Gale,2003,para 3)

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The Act provided $1 billion in aid to the inner city.

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