L. B Johnson Accomplishments

“Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one’s single decision can make life suddenly better or can turn history around for good.” - L.B.J

Lyndon Baines Johnson’s presidency fabricated the Great Society, provided civil rights to African Americans, and involved the United States in the Vietnam War. Lyndon Baines Johnson was born on August 27, 1908 in Stonewall, Texas, not far from Johnson city. His parents were Sam and Rebekah Baines Johnson. Both his parents were very hard workers but didn’t end up making a living out of their success. Johnson wanted more than what he had planned for his future. He graduated as president of his senior class and was to go to Southwest Texas State Teachers

He kept finding new jobs every single time that pushed him higher to presidency. Johnson was appointed as Texas director of the National Youth Administration. When Congressman James Buchanan died, Johnson went to retrieve his job and won election in the Texas Tenth District. Then when World War II was starting Johnson was appointed Congressional Inspector of the war’s progress. After the war, Johnson then became a senator. He had many achievements that came from all these jobs such as winning the passage of civil rights act and prepared America for the race to space. So he figured why not run for presidency? It took him a while but in 1963 he was sworn in as

Well let's talk about his presidential term. After taking office, Lyndon Baines Johnson announced a “War on Poverty” that attacked illiteracy, unemployment, and racial discrimination. He would do this to accomplish John F. Kennedy’s vision for America. Johnson would go on to enable medicare to provide health insurance for poor americans. He would also push for improving education and preventing crime. This would be known as The Great Society. The Great Society bettered the lives of the American people. The americans living in poverty dropped from 22.2 percent to 12.6 percent. All people would now be able to afford health care and there was better education. Although the Great Society program somewhat succeeded it still had some criticism along with it such as big sums that were used and stirring up more problems. The problems that critics were talking about were Johnson's failures. An example of one of his failures would be the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. Johnson went to the Gulf Of Tonkin to ask congress to grant him permission to involve America into the Vietnam War. With approval he sent troops to North Vietnam. Johnson thought he knew what he was doing but unfortunately lost the war. This would be one war that the United States had lost since the War of 1812. The United States lost the war because Johnson sent troops that were inexperienced, didn’t have enough assets to use, and