LYNDON JOHNSON IN ACTION
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LYNDON JOHNSON IN ACTION
“LET US RESOLVE THAT JFK DID NOT DIE IN VAIN”
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LBJ’S BACKGROUND NEW DEAL DEMOCRAT & OIL AND GAS CONSERVATIVE
CONSUMATE POLITICIAN- KNEW HOW TO CROSS THE AISLE
30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS LEGISLATIVE AIDE, REPRESEN-TATIVE, SENATOR & VP
VAST KNOWLEDGE OF INS & OUTS OF WASHINGTON POW-ER BROKERS
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EARLY LEGISLATIONFINISH WHAT JFK BEGAN• TAX CUTS
• 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION TITLE VII – GENDER IN WORK-PLACE
• WAR ON POVERTY M. HARRINGTON’S “THE OTHER AMERICA”
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THE WOMAN I REALLY LOVED
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ELECTION OF 1964• LBJ & H. HUMPHREY
GREAT SOCIETY• GOLDWATER &
MILLER IDEOLOGY OVER EXPEDIENCY
• GEORGE WALLACE “WHITE BACKLASH”
• 61%; 486 – 52; DEMS CONTROL LEGISLATIVE & EXECUTIVE BRANCHES
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DOMESTIC POLICY – GREAT SOCIETY 89TH CONGRESS
• MEDICARE & MEDICAID
• ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT
• CREATED HUD & TRANSPORTATION CABINET POSTS
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MAJOR LEGISLATIONVOTING RIGHTS ACT 1965
IMMIGRATION ACT 1965
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FOREIGN POLICY OF LBJCONTINUATION OF IKE & JFK
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“I WON’T LET SOUTH ASIA GO THE WAY OF CHINA”
• FRENCH RULE• HO CHI MINH ESTABLISHES DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC• 1946 LETTER TO TRUMAN – DID HE EVER SEE IT?• IKE “NOT OUR BUSINESS” BUT FINANCES FR. 1950-
54• GENEVA TREATY 1954 – DIVIDES VIETNAM AT 17TH
• DOMINO THEORY• DIEM KILLED 11/1; JFK KILLED 11/22/63• 1961 16K MILITARY ADVISORS• 1963 16K US MILITARY IN VIETNAM
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AUGUST 1964 TO JANUARY1968
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LBJ BEARS RESPONSIBILITY FOR VIETNAM
GULF OF TONKIN INCIDENT
• Air Strikes: Oper-ation RollingThunder
• Blank Check (?), commits ground troops, attrition, no match for VC
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1968: A TUMULTUOUS YEAR
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TET OFFENSIVE - JANUARY• SURPRISE ATTACKS ON
US & SV FORCES FROM THE NORTH
• TACTICAL VICTORY FOR US & SV BUT….
• 26% APPROVAL RATING• COSTS OF WAR SKY-
ROCKET• CLARK CLIFFORD NEW
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. MCNAMARA OUT
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“WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON”
• “IF I‘VE LOST CRONKITE I’VE LOST THE AVERAGE AM-ERICAN” LBJ
• INFO FROM WHITE HOUSE & INFO FROM FIELD DON’T MATCH
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BOMBSHELL - MARCH• TELEVISION ADDRESS
• HALT BOMBING
• BEGIN TALKS WITH NV
• “I SHALL NOT SEEK NOR WILL I ACCEPT THE NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT”
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“A SHOT RANG OUT IN THE MEMPHIS SKY” APRIL
• SOCIAL & CULTURAL UPHEAVALS BACK-DROP TO FRUSTR-ATION WITH WAR
• MILITANCY RISES
• NON-VIOLENCE NOT POSSIBLE
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JUNE 1968 LOS ANGELES• EUGENE MCARTHY
1ST TO THROW HAT IN THE ‘68 DEM. RACE
• RFK FOLLOWS • SIRHAN SIRHAN
ASSASIN• MORE VIOLENCE
TO COME