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  1. Lyndon B. Johnson. Michael Harrington. War on Poverty, expansive social welfare legislation introduced in the 1960s by the administration of U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson and intended to help end poverty in the United States. It was part of a larger legislative reform program, known as the Great Society, that Johnson hoped would make the United ...

  2. 56e. Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society". This 1968 political cartoon captures the struggle of Lyndon B. Johnson's time as President. While Johnson dreamed of a "Great Society," his presidency was haunted by the specter of Vietnam. Much of the funding he hoped to spend on social reforms went towards war in southeast Asia.

  3. Mar 6, 2015 · LBJ and his troops in Vietnam. US Information Agency. Fifty years ago, during the first six months of 1965, Lyndon Johnson made the decision to Americanize the conflict in Vietnam. His vice ...

  4. Lyndon B. Johnson: Domestic Affairs. The Lyndon Johnson presidency marked a vast expansion in the role of the national government in domestic affairs. Johnson laid out his vision of that role in a commencement speech at the University of Michigan on May 22, 1964. He called on the nation to move not only toward "the rich society and the powerful ...

  5. Lyndon B. Johnson: Impact and Legacy. Lyndon Johnson's presidency began and ended with tragedy. He came into office after the death of a popular young President and provided needed continuity and stability. He advanced the Kennedy legacy, obtaining far more than Kennedy would likely have gotten out of Congress, and then won a huge landslide ...

  6. Jan 4, 2017 · But that’s just what President Lyndon B. Johnson declared in his State of the Union address to Congress on January 4, 1965. During that address, he urged Congress to pass legislation which later became a mélange of programs, including Medicaid, Medicare, Food Stamps, and Head Start, among others intended to win what Johnson called a War on Poverty.

  7. Jun 20, 2024 · Lyndon B. Johnson at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, after his swearing-in as president of the United States, November 22, 1963. Lyndon B. Johnson taking the presidential oath of office aboard Air Force One, November 22, 1963. In Dallas on November 22, 1963, during a political tour of Johnson’s home state, President Kennedy was assassinated.