Lyndon Baines Johnson

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Lyndon Baines Johnson

• President
• 1963-1969

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After the Assasination

• Sworn in as President on Air Force One only hours
  after.
• Texan from the Hill Country
• America must move forward.

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War on Poverty

• Unconditional
• Economic Opportunity Act creating jobs and
  fighting poverty
• Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) new
  programs for the inner city
• Neighborhood Youth Corps work-study program for
  underprivileged (HS college)
• VISTA domestic Peace Corps poor neighborhoods
  and rural areas (JFK created the Peace corps for
  developing nations, 2 year commitment)

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Election 1964

• Johnson (Democrat) v. Goldwater (Republican)
• Johnson won by a landslide
• He said that for the 1st time he felt loved by
  the American people.

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The Great Society

• Johnsons view of a perfect and equitable Society
  (to fulfill FDRs mission)
• Consistent with the times prosperity, civil
  rights reduce poverty while economy was strong
• Where leisure is a welcome chance to build and
  reflectwhere the city of man serves not only the
  needs of the body and the demands of commerce but
  the desire for beauty and the hunger for
  community
• See programs on page 736

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