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| lyndon b johnson definitions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | signed the civil rights act of 1964 into law and the voting rights act of 1965. he had a war on poverty in his agenda. in an attempt to win, he set a few goals, including the great society, the economic opportunity act, and other programs that provided food stamps and welfare to needy famillies. he also created a department of housing and urban development. his most important legislation was probably medicare and medicaid. | 4 sets | |
| 2 | asked congress for tonkin resolution; his misleading lies were found out in the pentagon papers | 2 sets | |
| 3 | 0 | 2 sets | |
| 4 | john kennedy's vice president. he was involved in the voting rights, great society and economic opportunity act | 1 set | |
| 5 | president who is credited with creating the 'great society' to end us poverty | 1 set | |
| 6 | became president when kennedy was shot | 1 set | |
| 7 | president who signed the civil rights act of 1964, and the voting rights act, he was also the vice president for jfk | 1 set | |
| 8 | became president after kennedy's assassination; shared same goals as his predecessor | 1 set | |
| 9 | president of the us from 1963-1969 | 1 set | |
| 10 | president that used the gulf of tonkin incident as an excuse to deepen us involvement in the vietnam war | 1 set | |
| 11 | president during passage of civil rights act of 1964 and voting rights act of 1965 | 1 set | |
| 12 | 1964 - civil rights act | 1 set | |
| 13 | signed the voting right acts, name president | 1 set | |
| 14 | the us president who privately wanted to stay out of vietnam but sent soldiers because his goal was to stop the spread of communism | 1 set | |
| 15 | a president who put america in vietnam. | 1 set | |
| 16 | 36th president, nov '63-jan '69 | 1 set | |
| 17 | he was the president that assured the nation that "we shall overcome" when he signed the voting rights act of 1965. he also took steps to end discrimination earlier when he signed the civil rights act of 1964. | 1 set | |
| 18 | president after kennedy. creator of "great society". got involved in vietnam. | 1 set | |