Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society
•Johnson convinces congress to pass Kennedy’s Civil Rights Bill
•It allowed the gov’t to cut off funding to any program that practiced discrimination
•Created VISTA to battle poverty
•The Voting Rights Act: Outlawed the literacy tests needed in order to register to vote
•It allowed the gov’t to cut off funding to any program that practiced discrimination
•Created VISTA to battle poverty
•The Voting Rights Act: Outlawed the literacy tests needed in order to register to vote
Summary: Congress passed Kennedy's Civil Rights Bill to end funding to programs that used discrimination. The voting Rights Act also allowed the literacy tests for blacks to be outlawed.
Question: What would have happened if congress did not pass the civil rights bill?
We have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society."
-Lyndon B. Johnson