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Lyndon baines johnson

Lyndon baines johnson. 36 th President 1963 – 1969 . Background . Born August 27, 1908 Birthplace Stonewall, Texas Died January 22, 1973 Place of Death Johnson City, Texas Occupations Teacher, Politician Religion Disciples of Christ

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Lyndon baines johnson

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  1. Lyndon bainesjohnson 36th President 1963 – 1969

  2. Background • Born August 27, 1908 • Birthplace Stonewall, Texas • Died January 22, 1973 • Place of Death Johnson City, Texas • Occupations Teacher, Politician • Religion Disciples of Christ • Served as Vice President to John F. Kennedy • Vice President Hubert Humphrey

  3. Personal life • Children: Lynda Bird; Luci Baines • Wife: Claudia Taylor Johnson nicknamed Lady Bird Johnson • “A master of vulgarity” • Complicated– possibly even narcissistic • Painful sense of inadequacy and emptiness • Generous and mean spirited • Wise and foolish • A great and a failed chief executive

  4. Successes and failures • Cut poverty in US in half • Medicaid and Environmental Protection Laws are just a few of his programs in his “Great Society” • Passed the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1965 • Authorized more troops to Vietnam • Vietnam- “Johnson’s War” • Famous slogan- “LBJ, LBJ, how many kidsdid you kill today?”

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