HIST 3057 Study Guide - Final Guide: Nathan Glazer, Oliver North, Mario Cuomo
11 Dec 2015
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846 lyndon b. johnson | the great society 1964. Designed to address problems of poverty in. Civil rights act 1964: prohibited discrimination in public accommodations, education and employment. Economic opportunity act 1964: established war on poverty agencies: head start, vista, job corps, and community community action program. Water quality, air quality, medical care act. Voting rights act 1965: banned literacy tests for voting, authorized federal registrars to be send into seven *southern states, and monitored voting changes in these states. Civil rights act 1968: outlawed discrimination in housing. Guns and butter - cannot provide for guns and welfare programs - government bankruptcy. Never raises taxes - drops it all on military. Young teenagers gather to form a statement suggesting the problems and solution of current government. Overall move back from liberalism to conservatism (free market) Want to move back to laissez faire government. Increase military power (black panthers hippies protesters) Mistrust in centralized government - leads to inefficiency.
