Today, in class, we did like presidents and junk.
THe Great Society was LBJ's plan to aid education, attack disease,
Medicare and Medicaid, urban renewal,
war on poverty,
control and prevention of crime,
removal of obstacles to the right to vote.
The Higher Education ACt of 1965 helped focus on funding lower income students to attend college
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 gave money to public schools
The National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts were created to fund artists and musicians, making sure they get their due
Economic Opportunity Act led to "Head Start," food stamps, Work Study, Medicare and Medicaid.
LBJ and Vietnam
-The vietnam conflict dominated much of LBJ's presidency.
Richard Nixon opened up relations with China. His biggest downfall is that he was part of the Watergate thingy to try to listen in on the Democrats and get dirt on them to win the next election. He eventually resigned. He put equal opportunity employment into play. Only president to be elected twice as president and elected twice as VP as well.
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