We continued taking notes about presidents and more people presented.
LBJ-
when LBJ left office he said they were going to get into the war to make the US look strong or else they would look weak.
after presidency he went back to his house in Texas and lived the rest of his life there.
died 1973 which was one day before the Vietnam war officially ended.
put together the warren commission to investigate the JFK assassination.
started affirmative action laws.
passed voting rights act(1965) which outlawed discrimination in voting.
passed immigration act of 1965 which allowed more non-European people to immigrate to the US.
The Great Society: aid education, attack disease, Medicare and Medicaid, urban renewal, beautification, etc.
Richard Nixon-
born January 9, 1913 in CA.
poor childhood, "we were poor, but the glory of it was we didn't know it".
graduated from Whittier High School.
full scholarship to Duke University Law School.
married Thelma "Pat" Ryan.
moved to Washington D.C. and took a job in Roosevelt's Office of Price Administration.
joined Navy until 1946.
November 1946, Nixon joined the House of Representatives.
member of the House Un-American Activities Committee, led the investigation of Alger Hiss.
became US senator in 1950 after ruining Helen Douglas's reputation.
vice president under Eisenhower, 1952-60.
gave "Checkers Speech".
traveled to the Soviet Union and had the "Kitchen Debate" with General Secretary Nikita Khrushchev.
narrowly lost the 1960 election to Kennedy with 120,000 less popular votes.
voter fraud was filed but Nixon dismissed them.
in the election of 1968 he won against Humphrey and Wallace with 500,000 popular votes.
January 20, 1969, Nixon becomes the 37th president of the United States.
in the election of 1972, Nixon won against George McGovern with 20 million more popular votes and over 500 more electoral votes.
founded EPA, CAA, CWA, and MMPA.
desegregation of southern schools.
welcomed Apollo 11 astronauts.
passed the 26th Amendment.
signed Title 9.
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