Which number president was L. B. Johnson?
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36th
Took office in 1963.
💡 Did you know? Lyndon B. Johnson was a master of power politics in the Senate before becoming Kennedy's vice president.
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How did L. B. Johnson become president?
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after Kennedy's death
In 1963 in Texas.
💡 Did you know? Johnson was sworn in as president aboard Air Force One just hours after Kennedy's assassination in 1963.
Which 1964 law against racial discrimination did Johnson sign?
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Civil Rights Act
In 1964 and 1965.
💡 Did you know? Johnson pushed through the historic civil-rights laws that ended segregation and voting discrimination: against the fierce resistance of his own South.
What was Johnson's social programme called?
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Great Society
Against poverty, for social benefits.
💡 Did you know? With the „Great Society“ Johnson created the Medicare and Medicaid health programmes and waged a „war on poverty“.
Which war escalated under Johnson?
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Vietnam War
Opposition grew strongly.
💡 Did you know? The escalating Vietnam War so overshadowed Johnson's achievements that he declined to run again in 1968.
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