Did Johnson Strengthen Or Weaken The Usa Capitalism

Lyndon Baines Johnson became President of the United States of America; right after John F. Kennedy was assassinated in November of 1963. Johnson was the Vice-President to Kennedy. The new President Johnson was to lead a grief stricken America. Johnson had many ideas, while he discussed many of them, they were not fully carried out because of the many things that arose during his time in office. President Johnson did not care for foreign policy. He ran for the President of the United States and he wanted to run the United States. He did not care to deal with other countries. Of course, when America is attacked, the President must react. Congress gave President Johnson that power to do whatever he saw was fit for aggression in the Gulf of

They were being acted upon with senseless violence. The Ku Klux Klan made a strong and propionate reappearance. Women were speaking out and standing up. Gay Rights became an active issue in America. President Johnson was beginning to have symptoms of whiplash with everything happening all throughout America. All of this distracted President Johnson from the main war that he wanted to fight; the War on Poverty. The War on Poverty was a small part of his overall Great Society Plan. Johnson wanted to improve America. Improving education, improving the cities, reduce pollution, and save our natural resources, together, this would refine America and reduce poverty. One of the agenda items President Johnson completed was Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare was federally funded and gave American citizens low cost medical care that had Social Security. Another one of President Johnson’s successes was the Civil Rights Act of 1964. More work was still needed, but it was a step forward. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a United States Labor Law, which prohibits discrimination based on nationality, race, sex, or religion for employment. This is huge, not just for African American’s, but for all