lbj biography
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Birth and Childhood/Identity
Date: August 27, 1908
Place: Stonewall, Texas
Wife: “Lady Bird”
Political Career
1937: US House of Representatives
1949: US Senate; 1955 Senate Majority Leader… “the most effective Senate Majority leader in US History”
Political Career
1960: Chosen as JFK’s VP
1963: Becomes president upon JFK’s assassination
1964 Election
• Defeats Barry Goldwater (extreme conservative)
Domestic Policy
War on poverty
The great societyCivil RightsMedicareMedicaidAid to educationContinued war on povertyA Culture challenging the establishment
Foreign Policy
Dominican Republic—22,000 troopsEscalation of vietnam
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