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Lyndon B Johnson: Helpful Or Successful?

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Lyndon B Johnson became the thirty-sixth President of the United States after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He was born and raised in Texas and lived in poverty; therefore, he felt that poverty was a more pressing issue than segregation (Shultz, 2013). He felt that if everyone had food, an education and a good paying job that America would be a “Great Society”. This brought us some of the social welfare that we continue to have today, such as the Head Start and Housing and Urban Development. I guess the argument could be made that these programs were somewhat of a success; however, I believe, as some do, that these actions by President Johnson was the start of a government that is far too over reaching and expensive for the people
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The decision of Lyndon B Johnson in refusing to call his troops during the Vietnam war even though he certainly has the power to do so was really controversial. Different scholars have different opinions and theories on why president Johnson decided to let the war continued and escalated it. The two scholarly sources that will be evaluated and examined during this paper is Indomitable Will: LBJ In The Presidency by Mark K. Updegrove (2012) and Dereliction of Duty by H. R. McMaster (1997). The origin of Indomitable Will: LBJ In The Presidency is 2012 and its author Mark K. Updegrove is an historian, an American author and the Lyndon Baines Johnson library and museum director.

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Senator Robert Kennedy of New York state was assassinated and ultimately incumbent Vice President of the United States Hubert Humphrey won the democratic presidential nomination after the withdrawal of his boss, President Lyndon Baines Johnson. The race between two Vice Presidents for the office of the presidency of the United States of America ended with the Former Vice President of the United States of America, Richard Milhous Nixon, who served under President Dwight David Eisenhower beating the incumbent Vice President of the United States of America, Hubert Humphrey, who was currently serving under President Lyndon Baines Johnson. This victory by President Richard Milhous Nixon, who voters narrowly rejected just a decade earlier indicates

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    One reason that reveals President Johnson’s principled motivation can be found in Doc A. L.B.J first job after college was being a teacher in Cotulla, Texas. He was teaching Mexican children who were poor but tried their best to learn and look nice for school. He wanted to teach this school of 5,6, and 7 graders because at the time there was poverty and segregation and was willing help even if

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Abraham Lincoln’s vs Andrew Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan Lincoln shared the uncommon belief that the confederate states could still be part of the union and that the cause of the rebellion was only a few within the states which lead him to begin the reconstruction in December of 1863. This resulted in plans with lenient guidelines and although they were challenged by Wade-Davis Bill, Lincoln still rejected his ideas and kept his policies in place. Lincoln also allowed land to be given the newly freed slave or homeless white by distributing the land that had been confiscated from former land owners however this fell through once Johnson took office. After Lincoln’s death when Johnson was elected many things started to turn away from giving blacks equal rights and resulted in many things such a black codes which kept newly freed slaves from having the same rights as whites. When Lincoln first acted after the civil war, he offered policies that would allow the confederate slaves to become part of the union again and would allow a pardon for those states.

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FDR Vs. LBJ Because of their position in the government, Americans have such high standards for presidents. However, a lot of the time presidents are criticized more for their mistakes rather than their accomplishments. As Michael Siegel shows in his book President as Leader “presidential leadership is exercised by real, flawed human beings, and not by superheroes or philosopher-kings beyond the reach of scrutiny or critique.”

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President Lyndon B. Johnson was our 36th president after the beloved John F. Kennedy. He had to pick up the reigns after John F. Kennedy and wanted to show he could be just as good, if not better, of a president as Kennedy or event the 2 presidents before kennedy. His use of rhetoric tries to include the entire country toward one solution. He addresses domestic policy, but instead calls it “justice”.

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He tried to become President in 1960 but lost to John F. Kennedy. However, he became vice president for John F. Kennedy. After John F. Kennedy was killed, Lyndon B. Johnson took his place. With previous problems regarding Civil rights, people asked if President Lyndon B. Johnson pass the Civil Rights bill because he wanted the majority vote for the presidential election, or because it was morally right?

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Andrew Johnson is came from a poor family and was not educated until later years. He was born on December 29, 1808 and died July 31, 1875/ He was the seventh president. Andrew Johnson finished out Araham Lincoln's term when he was assasinated. He was a very prejudice person who believed the United States was for white men and should only be governed by white men. Many people think he was the worst president the United States has ever had until Barack Obama come along.

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The Great Society On May 22nd of 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson spoke to the graduating class of the University of Michigan on The Great Society, saying "The Great Society rest on abundance and liberty for all. It demands an end racial injustice, to which we are totally committed in our time”, words that were spoken by President Johnson. The main passage of “The Great Society” by Lyndon Baines Johnson was mainly concentrated on eliminating poverty and racial injustice as revealed through his parallelism and anaphora. With this compelling speech, Lyndon inspired many young Americans to take actions to better their country using persuasive proofs such as ethos, logos, and pathos His persuasive techniques that applied directly to the students’ emotions inspired them to construct a better America just like President Johnson’s plan.

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While the Great Society had some ideas that led the United States in the direction of development in the far future, it failed to assist those affected by poverty and other problems experienced at the time. The Oakland repairment is one example of how the Great Society provided despair and disillusionment to those living in poverty. Overall, James Murray viewed the civil rights movements and the poverty reconstruction as a failure due to Lyndon Johnson's idealistic attempts at recovery rather than realistic attempts. On the other hand, Lyndon Johnson's ideological thoughts blended ideological ideas with progressive and pragmatic principles, allowing effective leadership and commitment. One of Johnson’s greatest contributions throughout his presidency was his dedication to improving the nation's medical standpoint.

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In the 1930's, when citizens in the U.S. were in most urgent need for a change, they elected Franklin Delano Roosevelt because of his promises in his first inaugural address of "action". Roosevelt observed the ever-increasing class divide as one of the sources of the Great Depression and set out to redistribute the welfare. The redistribution would only happen with increased government control and the wealthy letting go of their 'liberty' as they claimed. Roosevelt strove to please all, but his focus was to avail those in need, as can be discerned from his primary programs, though his central aid was focused on white laborers. This lack of provision for minorities can be tied back to his need to please all, but his slow action fostered inequality

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He never really put much thought into his decisions except for the fact of was he going to be liked. This is the third and final most important reason on why he signing of the Civil Rights Act was based purely on politics. In conclusion, The Civil Rights Act was signed through politics and he did win the election of 1964. America did benefit greatly from the new laws creating equal opportunity for all who lived there. In his new term, Johnson created the Great Society which allowed many unprivileged children have equal footing for school.

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Lyndon Johnson was a Democratic man born and raised in Texas, in his early adult years he was a teacher at a segregated Mexican-American school. Here he witnessed discrimination in schools firsthand and experienced the effects it had on the kids in the school, making him think negatively about segregation in the first place. He could be described as a very hard-working man, with all his ambition he went to D.C. where he won a seat in the House of Representatives and would work in the Senate for 12 years. After some time he ran with Kennedy and became vice president, eventually becoming president when Kennedy was assassinated. He wanted to fight for civil rights even if that meant losing the South’s support for him as well as the election.

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