Lyndon Johnson Administrations - Johnson Becomes President
The Lyndon B. Johnson Administrations
Lyndon Johnson inaugurated new initiatives in health, education, human rights, and conservation with his Great Society program that served the needs of the U.S. middle class. With the War on Poverty he also attacked the problems of urban blight, unemployment, and job training among the poor. His effectiveness in passing social reform legislation is matched by few other U.S. presidents. But, his foreign policy—and especially the Vietnam War (1959–1975)—undermined the constructive aspects of his domestic agenda.
Johnson Becomes President
At 12:30 P.M., Friday, November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in his motorcade through Dallas, Texas. News of his death shocked the nation and sent many Americans into mourning. Johnson, too, was in Dallas at the time trying to repair party...
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