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Johnson enter presidential contest in 1960 Democratic
primary

sought to weaken JFK on inexperience and poor health

humble southern origins contrast with JFK's Ivy League
background, wealthy family

1960 Democratic National Convention chose JFK as
first ballot

JFK calculate he would need Electoral College votes from
South, especially Texas

Johnson led few diplomatic missions and chaired National
Aeronautic Space Council, urged Kennedy to counter
Soviet manned space flight with moon landing

took command of President's Committee on Equal
Employment Opportunities

honored 100th anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation

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           Legislating the
         Kennedy Legacy

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sworn on Air Force One on flight back to DC, 2 hours after

JFK's assassination

a week after, rename NASA launch station at Cape Canaveral

in FL to John F. Kennedy Space Center

pursue Kennedy's legislative agenda

southern democrats keeping both civil rights bill and Kennedy's

bill in committee, preventing either one from becoming law

focused on getting tax bill passed first

worked with southern Democrat and segregationist Harry

F, Byrd (led resistance against desegregation in 1964)

1964 Revenue Act - cut income tac rates by 20%, minimun

standard deduction, lower corporate tax rates

unemployment continue to fall, added spending power of

consumers, increased capital gains for investors

1964- 5.2%

1965- 4.5%

1966 - 3.8%

greater tax revenue for gov

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          Civil Rights Act

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majority favored bill

House: 289-126

opponents resort to filibusters - hold off vote by continuously

speaking on Senate floor

pass 73-27

majority vote: northern liberal Dem and Rep

oppose: conservative Rep, most conservative southern Dem

put signature on law on 7/2/1964

white southerners a key part of New Deal coalition

1968 - electoral map change dramatically

Civil Rights Act of 1964 - rely on equal protection clause of

14th Amendment , fed authority to regulate interstate

commerce, barred unequal application of voter registration,

outlawed segregation, prohibit discrimination on race, colour,

religion, sex, national origin

VA Dem Howard Smith - propose sex included with categories

no longer discriminated

Title VII - employment discrimination

Johnson use as mandate for supervising and enforcing equal

employment opportunities

cost him among northern white men

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         Election of 1964

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spent summer registering african americans to vote

activists frustrated with whites only primary

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)

asked to be seated at national Dem convention instead of

whites only party

compromise attempted as it would drive Mississippi out of the

convention and cause them to vote for 3rd party ticket

offered 2 honorary seats, did not accept compromise

Fannie Lou Hamer - leader, spoke about conflict to committee

Johnson called press conference to deflect media attention

used FBI to monitor Civil Rights movement

alienated Johnson's allies, division in Dem Party in 1968

difficulty choosing running mate

did not choose Robert Kennedy, chose MN Senator Hubert

Humphrey instead

progressive Dem with wide support among labor unions

new conservative branch of Rep party

led bu AZ Rep Senator Berry Goldwater

libertarian wing opposed gov intervention in market

marginalized during Eisenhower's term, revived cause

Goldwater oppose Civil Rights Act and Brown v. Board

handicap was talk about containment

threat of US using nuclear bombs in Vietnam

Johnson campaign ad with little girl and daisy

61.05 elect Johnson as president

Goldwater victory: 5 southern states, Arizona

Dem party lost southern white voters