3/3 Warren Commission Notes/ LBJ Task

Warren Commission- LBJ used executive order to create the Warren Commission. The Warren Commission investigated JFK's assassination. After a year, the Warren Commission determined that Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated JFK. This report was over 800 pages long!

Then out of the textbook we read pages 48-51 and completed a graphic organizer. (http://cmase.pbworks.com/f/LayeredLookBook.pdf) This website shows you how. We used two sheets of paper and you can staple it together. War of Poverty had its own tab. Food Stamp Act and Tax Cut shared a tab. Civil Rights Act and Title VII shared a tab. Economic Opportunity Act received its own tab.

War on Poverty:

1.       Explain: (What is it? What does it mean?)

2.       Who was poor?

3.       How did the government determine who was living in poverty?

4.       What brought attention to poverty?

5.       How did the American people view the role of the government?

6.       In addition to feeding the population, what else did LBJ recommend?

7.       Draw a picture that represents the term.

Food Stamp Act

1.       What had Kennedy already done?

2.       What did LBJ propose?

3.       Was the Food Stamp Act widely advertised when it began?

4.       Draw a picture.

Tax Cut

1.       Who had attempted to cut taxes?

2.       What did LBJ do?

3.       Draw a picture.

Civil Rights Act

1.       What was the heart of the bill?

2.       What were peoples’ views of integration?

3.       What Republican Senator opposed this act? What were his reasons for opposing?

4.       What was the failure of the Civil Rights Act?

5.       What did the Civil Rights Act accomplish?

6.       Draw a picture.

Title VII

1.       What did Title VII describe?

2.       How were jobs before this act?

3.       How did Johnson display his support for this act? Describe.

4.       Draw a picture.

Economic Opportunity Act

1.       What was the purpose of the Economic Opportunity Act? Who was it for?

2.       How was the Economic Opportunity Act funded?

3.       List and define the programs created by the Economic Opportunity Act.

4.       Add Project Head Start to your list. Project Head Start was designed to help break the cycle of poverty by providing preschool children of low-income families with a program to meet their emotional, social, health, nutritional and psychological needs. (You should have six programs listed under the Economic Opportunity Act.)

Predict (on back)

Johnson decides to run for president in 1964. Predict the outcome of the election. Provide reasoning and support.