Thursday, September 22, 2011

My Thoughts on the Presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson

LBJ took a role as President after JFK was assassinated in 1963.Domestically (despite a questionable past in politics) LBJ was pretty liberal socially. He signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which was the most major form of equal rights law in history. He also created Medicare for the eldery, and Medicaid for the poor. Both programs still help out many today. He also help created programs such as