Lyndon B. Johnson:
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-A wealthy Texan rancherWas Kennedy's Vice President and became President after his assassination
-Was reelected for second termEntire time in office embroiled in the Vietnam War (was discredited and didn't even run against Nixon)
-Championed the civial rights bill
-Formed the Peace Corps called VISTA which was part of his "war on poverty" and also a part of his "Great Society"
-Wanted to create more equality for blacks (no more literacy tests to vote)
-Was reelected for second termEntire time in office embroiled in the Vietnam War (was discredited and didn't even run against Nixon)
-Championed the civial rights bill
-Formed the Peace Corps called VISTA which was part of his "war on poverty" and also a part of his "Great Society"
-Wanted to create more equality for blacks (no more literacy tests to vote)
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Lyndon Johnson became president after the assignation of John F. Kennedy and after previously being Kennedy's vide present. The Vietnam war took place during his presidency.
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"The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure." -Lyndon B. Johnson
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Would Johnson have been remembered with more fondness if it hadn't been for the Vietnam war?
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