LBJ - Domestic Policy

What experience did Johnson have in politics

He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1937,and the senate in 1948

In what year did Johnson become senate majority leader

1955

What was the Johnson treatment

His physical presence enabled him to intimidate friends and opponents

By 1976 how much of the population was receiving aid from Medicare or Medicade

20%

What did Kennedy’s proposed tax cut do for Johnson

Gave an extra $4-5 billion in extra revenues

Where did unemployment stand in 1965

1.4%

What had unemployment reached by 1967

3.8%

what was the progress the OEO had made by 1965

35,000 adults were learning to read and write, over 4 million families were receiving child benefits, 53 jobs corps providing job training

when were Medicare and Medicaid established

in 1965 under the Social Security act of 1965

what were the problems with Medicare and Medicaid

gaps in coverage, far more expensive than anticipated, those not covered still struggled with badly priced healthcare

what were some key problems in education in 1964

54 million had never finished high school, 8 million had under five years of schooling, schools were overcrowded and short of teachers

By how much did Johnson increase the governments budget for education

X2

what evidence is there that housing and alienation caused dissatisfaction rather than poverty

4/5 of rioters arrested in Detroit had jobs paying over $120 a week

what did the omnibus housing act do

financed rent supplements and $8 billion of low-and moderate-income housing

evidence that the war on poverty was successful

19 million benefited from Medicare and Medicaid, poverty fell, minimum wage rose by 35 cents, unemployment rate was at 13 year low

examples that the war on poverty failed

1/3 of non-white families lived below poverty line

why was there a protest at Berkeley uni

Uni authorities did not allow fundraising and political activity on campus

why did students protest war

fear of the draft, opposed to bombing, belief that Vietnam should be left to decide their own government

what was the largest anti-war protest

staged by SDS in DC in 1965 as many as 25,000 participated

what happened during stop the draft week in 1967

draft cards were publicly burned, radicals tried to close down Oakland draft headquarters

what happened at Woodstock in 1969

Jimi Hendrix performed 'Star Spangled Banner’ using amplifier feedback and distortion to make it sound like exploding bombs

what organisation was formed by Betty Freidan in 1966

National Organisation for Women (NOW)