Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson | Wikipedia audio article
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Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson


00:03:22 1 Accession
00:06:11 2 Administration
00:08:57 2.1 Vice presidency
00:10:07 3 Judicial appointments
00:11:34 4 Domestic affairs
00:12:37 4.1 Clean air initiatives
00:14:07 4.2 Taxation
00:15:29 4.3 Civil rights
00:15:37 4.3.1 Civil Rights Act of 1964
00:20:41 4.3.2 Voting Rights Act
00:25:44 4.3.3 1968 Civil Rights Act
00:26:59 4.4 War on Poverty
00:30:15 4.5 Education
00:32:35 4.6 Medicare and Medicaid
00:34:18 4.7 Immigration
00:35:51 4.8 Transportation
00:38:32 4.9 Domestic unrest
00:38:41 4.9.1 Anti-Vietnam War movement
00:41:53 4.9.2 Urban riots
00:45:00 4.10 Other issues
00:45:08 4.10.1 Cultural initiatives
00:46:10 4.10.2 Space program
00:47:28 4.10.3 Gun control
00:48:23 4.10.4 Tobacco advertising
00:49:29 5 Foreign affairs
00:49:38 5.1 Cold War
00:51:24 5.2 Vietnam
00:53:16 5.2.1 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
00:54:39 5.2.2 1965–1966
00:59:05 5.2.3 1967
01:02:30 5.2.4 1968–1969
01:05:51 5.3 Middle East
01:07:26 5.4 Latin America
01:08:26 5.5 Britain and Western Europe
01:10:12 5.6 List of international trips
01:11:15 6 Elections
01:11:24 6.1 Election of 1964
01:14:54 6.2 Mid-term elections of 1966
01:15:46 6.3 Election of 1968
01:22:46 7 Historical reputation



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The presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson began on November 22, 1963, when Johnson became the 36th President of the United States upon the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and ended on January 20, 1969. He had been Vice President of the United States for 1,036 days when he succeeded to the presidency. A Democrat, he ran for and won a full four-year term in the 1964 election, winning by a landslide over Republican opponent Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater. Following the 1968 presidential election he was succeeded by Republican Richard Nixon. His presidency marked the high tide of modern liberalism in the United States.
Johnson expanded upon the New Deal with the Great Society, a series of domestic legislative programs to help the poor and downtrodden. After taking office, he won passage of a major tax cut, the Clean Air Act, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After the 1964 election, Johnson passed even more sweeping reforms. The Social Security Amendments of 1965 created two government-run healthcare programs, Medicare and Medicaid. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibits racial discrimination in voting, and its passage enfranchised millions of Southern African-Americans. Johnson declared a "War on Poverty" and established several programs designed to aid the impoverished. He also presided over major increases in federal funding to education and the end of a period of restrictive immigration laws.
In foreign affairs, Johnson's presidency was dominated by the Cold War and the Vietnam War. He pursued conciliatory policies with the Soviet Union, setting the stage for the détente of the 1970s. He was nonetheless committed to a policy of containment, and he escalated the U.S. presence in Vietnam in order to stop the spread of Communism in Southeast Asia during the Cold War. The number of American military personnel in Vietnam increased dramatically, from 16,000 soldiers in 1963 to over 500,000 in 1968. Growing unease with the war stimulated a large antiwar movement based especially on university campuses in the U.S. and abroad. Johnson faced further troubles when summer riots broke out in most major cities after 1965. While he began his presidency with widespread approval, public support for Johnson declined as the war dragged on and domestic unrest across the nation increased. At the same time, the New Deal coalition that had unified the Democratic Party dissolved, and Johnson's support base eroded with it.
Though eligible for another term, Johnson announced in March 1968 that he would not seek renomination.  His preferred successor, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, won the Democratic nomination but was defeated by Nixon in the general election. Though he left office wi ...