Essays on Lyndon B. Johnson

So, the act of congress I’ve chosen to show you today, is the “Higher Education Act of 1965.”This act helped the amount of resources colleges and universities were provided with, while also providing students of financial aid to secondary students by the United States of America. This act can also help providing childcare to single mothers, so they may attend college. I have chosen this act on a part of me being a college student myself and knowing the absolute necessity of financial aid. ...

Johnson was a very good political leader in convincing the American public to vote for him. The gulf of Tonkin incident occurred during the election season. This incident was the attack upon two American war ships by the North Vietnamese. This was significant because congress gave Johnson a “blank check” to return action (Tonkin Gulf Resolution). This gave Johnson political support for the next election. To ensure his victory in the election he used attack ads against his opponent Goldwater. ...

The death of JFK on November 22, 1963 is unlike any other assassination of an American president or leader figure (Martin Kelly). The death of the United State’s 35th president not only shocked the political rule of America, but also devastated the families who once related all too well with the First Family. Along with the familial aspect of JFK, without his assassination, Johnson would not have entered office. Johnson was a large supporter of the civil rights movement, thus with Johnson not ...

Lyndon B. Johnson was the 36th President of the United States. In addition to being a person of integrity, he also made some substantial changes to America. Without Lyndon B. Johnson, America’s history would likely be entirely different. Johnson had a strong sense of personal ethics. He made decisions to support things that he determined were right. He was willing to fight for what he believed in. There are many important contributions that Johnson made to America; this research paper will ...

In 1974, I was 10 years of age. I was not aware of my surrounds at that age but after reading Chapter 2: Legislative Foundation I found that there were many laws and policies that had already been enacted. But a few that was enacted around that time was the Medicare and Older American Act(OAA) which happened in 1965. Both acts were signed by president Johnson. These two acts where marked as the most politically friendly period for the elderly throughout history. The Older American Act aims to ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson expressed 'it would be this sort of extremely good aspect if those prophets of future and pain, and these messengers of dread and question, and those voices of smear and loathe, and these suspicious human beings who bargain in negligible matters need to really come and check the center of the us, see them with self-assurance and with believe, and with revolutionary and prescient and with joy, and with religion afterward for our assets'. Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson ...