Lyndon+B.+JOHNSON+(1963-1969)

//Johnson became president after JFK's assassination in 1963 and finished Kennedy's term. //
 * **Dates In office: 1963-1969 ** ||  ||
 * **Political Party: Democratic Party ** ||  ||
 * //Notes on Election(s): //

//Election of 1964: // //Johnson was up against republican Barry Goldwater and won in a landslide. He ////won 61.1% of the popular vote, the highest won by a candidate since James Monroe's re-election in 1820. // ||  || Secretary of State Dean Rusk (1963-69)Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon (1963-65) Henry H. Fowler (1965-68)Joseph W. Barr (1968-69)Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara (1963-68) Clark M. Clifford (1968-69) ||   || //The Great Society- H ////is program mainly concerned bringing aid to underprivileged Americans, regulating natural resources, and protecting American consumers. He passed Medicare which helped //// provide federal funding of many health care expenses for senior citizens. //
 * //Vice President(s): Hubert Humphrey // ||  ||
 * //Key Cabinet Officials: //
 * //Key Domestic Issues: //

//War on Poverty- Kennedy began domestic programs to alleviate the struggles of the poor and after his assassination Johnson went on to follow through with these domestic programs. ////CAA (Community Action Agency) in each city and county to coordinate all federal and state programs designed to help the poor. ////Between 1965 and 1968, spending for the poor doubled, from $6 billion to $12 billion, and then doubled again to $24.5 billion by 1974. //

//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Civil Rights and Race Relations- He helped to put the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into affect by making segregation by race illegal. Voting Rights Act of 1965 provided for a suspension of literacy tests in counties where voting rates were below a certain threshold, which in practice covered most of the South. During the Johnson years civil disturbances seemed to be the main legacy of domestic affairs.// ||  || //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Vietnam- Presidents Truman and Eisenhower had commenced American involvement there by sending military advisers//.//Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing the President to take all measures necessary to protect the armed forces. He aloud Operation Rolling Thunder, the sustained bombing of North Vietnam. The number of military men in Vietnam would rise to 535,000 by the end of Johnson's presidency.//
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Key Foreign Policy/Diplomatic/Military Issues: //

//Superpower Diplomacy-// //In January 1967, Johnson signed the Outer Space Treaty with Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin, which banned nuclear weapons in earth orbit, on the moon or other planets, or in deep space. Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, which prohibits the transfer of nuclear weapons to other nations and the assistance to enable other nations was signed.// ||  || ||  || //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">I don't think Johnson was successful as president because he put America into a war that didn't need to be fought and that wasn't very popular among Americans. The CAA wasn't very successful in his part but he did help lower poverty and helped Veterans with Medicare. // ||  || //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">He did not run for re-election! // ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Key Constitutional/Legal Issues:
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Civil Rights Act of 1964- Made segregation illegal //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Voting Rights Act of 1965- Allowed Blacks the right to cote without all the test required // ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Territorial Expansion During this Period:(None that i could find)
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Overall Assessment of Presidency: //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Other important facts: //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Other Media/interesting things you've found/created:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-FibDxpkb0‎ -- President Johnson talks about his choice not to run for re-election which many and most Americans were happy/shocked about. ||  ||