Lyndon B. Johnson

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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Background/Family Side

• He was born on August 27, 1908 near Johnson City
  in Texas. His father struggles to raise his two
  sons and three daughters while his mother always
  encouraged reading books. He graduated from
  Southwest State Teacher's College in San Marcos
  Texas. He had a talent for attracting affection
  which helped him be elected Speaker of the Little
  Congress. 

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Highlights of his political rise to Presidency

• Johnson moved to politics after briefly teaching
  public speaking in a high school in Houston.
•  He served in the House of Representatives
  starting April 10, 1937.
• He then ran for Senate in 1948 where he won by a
  landslide.
• In 1960, he ran for Vice Presidency under the
  Democratic party.
• He seceded as President after Kennedys
  assassination in 1963.

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Political

• Congressman in the House of Representatives from
  April 10, 1937 to January 3, 1949
• Ran for Senate in 1948 but only won by a
  landslide of eighty-seven votes. This gave him
  the nickname Landslide Lyndon
• Although Kennedy had no interest in Lyndon being
  his running-mate and Vice President during the
  1960 election, Lyndon still decided to seek the
  Vice Presidency position and pressured Kennedy
  into letting him do so.
• Was sworn into office hours after Kennedys
  assassination in 1963.
• In the election of 1964 against Senator Barry
  Goldwater, Johnson won Presidency by a 61
  popular vote.

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Political (continued)

• Johnson increasingly focused on the American
  military effort in Vietnam. He firmly believed in
  the Domino Theory and that his containment policy
  required America to make a serious effort to stop
  all Communist expansion.

• Acts signed in 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964,
  Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, Wilderness
  Act, Nurse Training Act, Food Stamp Act of 1964,
  Economic Opportunity Act
• Acts signed in 1965 Higher Education Act of
  1965, Social Security Act of 1965, Voting Rights
  Act, Immigration and Nationality Services Act of
  1965
• Acts signed in 1966 Freedom of Information Act
  (United States)
• Acts signed in 1967 Age Discrimination in
  Employment Act, Public Broadcasting Act of 1967
• Acts signed in 1968 Architectural Barriers Act
  of 1968, Bilingual Education Act, Fair Housing,
  Gun Control Act of 1968

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Intellectual

• Enrolled in Southwest Texas State Teachers
  College (now Texas State University-San Marcos)
  in 1926
• Before he became a politician, Johnson was a
  teacher. He taught at Welhausen School in Cotulla
  and then at Pearsall High School. Afterwards he
  took a teaching position of public speaking at
  Sam Houston High School.
• Had a lifelong commitment to the belief that
  education was the cure for both ignorance and
  poverty and was an essential component of the
  American Dream, especially for the minority.
• Supported Civil Rights for African Americans
  during Kennedys presidency.

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Intellectual (continued)

• After the murder of a civil rights worker, noting
  that four members of the Ku Klux Klan were
  connected to the death, Johnson denounced the
  Klan as a "hooded society of bigots," and warned
  them to "return to a decent society before it's
  too late."
• During the revolt in the Dominican Republic,
  Johnson speedily announced that the D.R. was the
  target of a Castro-like coup by Communist
  conspirators

• Johnsons order to bomb Vietnam during the war
  led to a hostile world opinion the blasting of
  an underdeveloped country by a mighty superpower
  struck many critics as obscene.

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Religious

• Johnson was a Disciple of Christ. He was a member
  of the Stone-Campbell (Restoration Movement)
  denomination known as the "Christian Church
  (Disciples of Christ)."
• Johnson was baptized in 1923. Had been exposed to
  the preaching and teaching of his mother's
  Baptist congregation however, he independently
  decided that the beliefs of the Disciples were in
  accord with his own views, and, on that basis, he
  became, and remained, a member of the Disciples
  of Christ.
• Rebekah Baines Johnson, the President's mother,
  was a Baptist, as were most of her ancestors for
  several generations.

• Great-grandfather, George Washington Baines, Sr.,
  was one of the best-known Baptist leaders in the
  early history of Texas.

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Religious (continued)

• Grandfather, Sam Ealy Johnson, Sr., was raised as
  a Baptist. In his early manhood, he became a
  member of the Christian Church. In his later
  years, he affiliated with the Christadelphians.
  Father, Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr., also joined the
  Christadelphian Church toward the end of his
  life.
• Johnson frequently quoted the Bible to illustrate
  points that he wanted to make. His favorite
  quotation was from Isaiah 118, "Come now, and
  let us reason together."

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Arts/Culture

• Under Johnsons Great Society program, the
  first human spaceflight to the Moon, Apollo 8,
  was successfully flown by NASA in December 1968.
  The President congratulated the astronauts,
  saying, "You've taken ... all of us, all over the
  world, into a new era."
• Set in motion bills and acts that would start up
  programs such as Head Start, food stamps, work
  study, Medicare and Medicaid.

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Technology

• Under Johnsons Great Society program, space
  travel was now made possible.

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Economical

• Two weeks after taking the oath of office,
  Johnson imposed a 25 tax on potato starch,
  dextrin, brandy, and light trucks due to a
  situation known as the Chicken War that started
  when France and Germany placed tariffs on imports
  of U.S. chickens.
• Johnsons Great Society program came just as
  the United States' post-war prosperity was
  starting to fade, but before the coming decline
  was being felt by the middle and upper classes.
• The Baby Boom generation between 1965 and 1980
  caused two and a half times more Americans to go
  into the labor force than in 1950 and 1965.

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Social

• Johnsons Great Society program aimed towards
  aid to education, medical care for the elderly
  and indigent, immigration reform, and a new
  voting rights bill.
• As a supporter of civil rights for the African
  American population of the United States, Johnson
  persuaded Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act
  of 1964.

• Set in motion bills and acts that would start up
  programs such as Head Start, food stamps, work
  study, Medicare and Medicaid.
• Urban riots were the start of the plummet for
  Johnsons presidency, including his Great Society
  program which lost supporters after the Detroit
  riot in 1967.
• "Hey, hey, LBJ, how many kids did you kill
  today?" was a popular chant with college students
  pertaining to the Vietnam War.

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Key Domestic Policy

• Johnson replaced President Kennedy when he was
  assassinated on November 22, 1963. The following
  year Congress passed a tax reduction law that
  promoted economic growth which launched the
  program WAR ON POVERTY. Johnson secured a strong
  civil rights acts which eventually proved to be a
  vital source of legal authority against sexual
  discrimination and race. His domestic program was
  called Great Society. Congress passed the
  Medicare program, funded the WAR ON POVERTY and
  passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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Key Foreign Policy

• Johnson became very involved with Vietnam. In
  February 1965, U.S. planes bombed North Vietnam.
  Some qualities that led to his involvement in
  Vietnam and in the Dominican Republic were his
  faith in the U.S. military, his views against
  communism, and his temperamental activism. WHile
  the country as involved in a foreign county,
  Vietnam, back at home racial tensions grew ever
  so much. There were riots between 1965 and 1968,
  and a downfall to Johnson's Great Society
  programs which led to more support for the
  Republicans. The policy that truly hurt him was
  the one of military escalation in Vietnam. Some
  results of this policy were inflation, rising
  criticism, and deflected attention from domestic
  concerns. This escalations also cost the U.S. the
  war and made Johnson's instincts fail.

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One Quote

• "The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the
  warships are symbols of human failure."

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Successes

• Used JFK's death and the appeal to the
  Southerner's self-interest and his Southern
  background to get the civil rights legislation
  passed.
• 1965 Higher Education Act gave aid to poor black
  colleges and led African American college
  students to quadruple within a decade. Introduced
  Medicare and Medicaid helped address the issue of
  poor health in the minorities,and halved African
  American infant mortality.
•  Sent the 1st human spaceflight to the moon
  December 1968.

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Failures

• His presidency was overshadowed by JFK's death
  and the Vietnam War (in which he decided to
  escalate).
• He did not trust his military commanders'
  judgments on whether or whether not there was a
  possible target on the battle field. By doing
  this, he damaged his own military more than what
  the opposing side could have done.
• The "Great Society".  Welfare and medicaid cause
  some people not to make an effort for money
  through education and hard work. This has also
  lowered the standard of living  even though the
  rest of the people are trying to work hard for an
  easy life.

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One Word

• Shadow

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Impact on Current Events

• Johnsons Great Society program has impacted the
  U.S. today because the elderly do not have to
  struggle with money thanks to social security as
  well as with Medicare. And because of his intense
  support to education, many students (especially
  those that are part of the minority) have the
  opportunity to increase their education with
  little worry about the cost.

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Cabinet Members 
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Recordings/Videos

• The President's News Conference(Feburary 29,1964)
• The Presient's Inaugural Adress(January 20,1965)
• Adress to the Nation Upon Proclaiming a Day of
  Mourning Following the Death of Dr. King(April 5,
  1968) 
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Elections

• John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts was nominated
  for president in 1960. He then chose Lyndon B.
  Johnson to be his running mate to "balance the
  democratic ticket." In November of 1960, the
  Democrats defeated the Republicans Richard Nixon
  and Henry Lodge. 

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Bibliography

• "Lyndon B. Johnson." Wikipedia.org.
   lthttp//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnsongt
•  "Great Society." Wikipedia.org.
  lthttp//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Societygt
• "The Religious Affiliation of U.S. President
  Lyndon B. Johnson." Adherents.com.
  lthttp//www.adherents.com/people/pj/Lyndon_Johnson
  .htmlgt
• "Religion and President Johnson."
  lbjlib.utexas.edu. lthttp//www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/j
  ohnson/archives.hom/faqs/Religion/
•        religion_hm.aspgt
• David, Lizabeth, and Thomas Bailey. The American
  Pageant. 13th ed. Boston, MA Hartford, 2006

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Group Members

• Hasley Pineda
• Aizabelyn Cruz                        APUSH
  Period 1
• Genesis M. Garcia