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Unit VI Lesson 8Landmark Legislation
Essential Question:• What are the institutions and
policy-making processes of the national government?
• What are the links between
the branches of the national government, political parties, interest groups, public opinion, the media, and state and local governments?
Now that we know the process of how a bill becomes a law we can look at some of the landmark
legislation passed by Congress in the last 100 years
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Social Security Act of 1935
Affordable Care Act “Obamacare”
(2010)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Medicare(1965)
Social Security (1936)- “New Deal” program providing financial support (money) for the elderly and individuals with disabilities
FranklinRoosevelt
1936 65 Years Old
Elderly Disabled
Elderly Disabled
The Great Depression
The Economy
1936Able
Bodied
Franklin Roosevelt
1. Abraham Lincoln
2. Franklin Roosevelt
3. George Washington
4. Thomas Jefferson
5. Theodore Roosevelt
“New Deal”
Where does the money for Social Security come from?
You!
There’s only one
small problem…
65 Years OldSomebody Else
You
Living Longer!
Entitlement Program- Programs that are
automatically deducted from the national budget
(The opposite of
“discretionary spending”)
Interest on the National Debt
Medicare (1965)- “Great Society” program providing free or reduced cost healthcare for the elderly and individuals with disabilities
Lyndon Johnson
1965“Entitlement Programs”
HERE
You
The Affordable Care Act “Obamacare”(2010)- Program that requires health insurance for all Americans and provides
subsidies (money) for those who can’t afford it
Barack Obama
201050
Million
“Obamacare”
Subsidies
50 Million
“Social Welfare
Legislation”
“Civil Rights
Legislation”
Civil Rights Act of 1964- “Great Society” program which outlawed racial discrimination in schools, workplaces, and other public accommodations
1964
Lyndon Johnson
Civil Rights Act
of 1964
Voting Rights Act
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Voting Rights Act of 1965- “Great Society” program which outlawed poll taxes, literacy tests, and other racially discriminating voting practices
1965Lyndon Johnson
Lite
racy
Te
sts
Social Security Act Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Medicare
Affordable Care Act “Obamacare”
The largest portion of the federal budget covers the costs of:
A. National defense
B. Infrastructure projects
C. Education
D. Entitlement programs
The national government often finds it difficult to make substantive changes in entitlement
programs for which of the following reasons?
A. Most such programs were established by constitutional amendments
B. These programs are extremely popular among their beneficiaries
C. Such programs are vital to national defense
D. Most such programs primarily benefit the wealthy, a powerful political bloc
Congress used its commerce power to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to:
A. End discrimination in public institutions
B. Counter the growing power of the executive branch
C. Grant African-Americans the right to vote
D. Punish white Southerners who were against Reconstruction
Presidents often have nicknames for their overall program for the American people. Which President called his plan the “Great Society”?
A.John Kennedy
B. Theodore Roosevelt
C. Lyndon Johnson
D. Franklin Roosevelt
Homework!!!
Textbook Pages: 469-471, 480-487, 537
Graphic Novel Pages: (none)