In May, 1964, Johnson called for a nationwide war against poverty and outlined a vast program of economic and social welfare legislation designed to create what he termed the Great Society. Elected (Nov., 1964) for a full term in a landslide over Senator Barry Goldwater, he pushed hard for...
徐中川 美国总统演讲名篇赏析 Lecture 11 Lyndon B. Johnson We Shall Overcome.ppt,We Shall Overcome Address to a Joint Session of Congress on Voting Legislation Lyndon Baines Johnson 15 March, 1965, Washington, D.C. Contents Warm-up questions Background inf
A Letter from Lyndon B. JohnsonPresident Johnson's letter was presented to the 1963 National Round Table Conference less than two weeks after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. It was published in January 1964.THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTONMr. Guy R. Justis President American Public Welfare ...
The federal government currently runs more than 80 means-tested welfare programs. These programs provide cash, food, housing and medical care to low-income Americans. Federal and state spending on these programs last year was $943 billion. (These figures do not include Social Security, Medicare,...
We are committed to help those seeking to strengthen their own independence, and to work most closely with those governments dedicated to the welfare of all of their people. We seek not fidelity to an iron faith, but a diversity of belief as varied as man himself. We seek not to extend ...
, Robert Caro admired LBJ’s liberalism (“civil rights,” the welfare state, which Johnson called “The Great Society,” and in general a big federal big government) but was on the other hand appalled by the man’s crass ego, physical cowardice as both a student...
Guns vs. Butter:the dilemma of having to choose between spending public funds on military activity or social welfare programs Tet Offensive:a prolonged series of surprise attacks on cities in South Vietnam, including the capital city Saigon (modern-day Ho Chi Minh City), by the North Vietnam...
Of course, people cannot contribute to the nation if they are never taught to read or write, if their bodies are stunted from hunger, if their sickness goes untended, if their life is spent in hopeless poverty just drawing a welfare check. So we want to open the gates to opportunity. Bu...
Johnson won reelection in a landslide in 1964 over conservative leader Barry Goldwater, and proceeded to push through a massive expansion of federal programs known as the "Welfare State." This included Medicare, food stamps, and federal spending on education. Johnson also supported the Voting Rights...
Implementation of provisions of the 1962 Public Welfare Amendments to the Social Security Act; Efforts of the APWA; More.JohnsonLyndonB.Public Welfare