Talked about next blog assinment. The great society. johsn's plan to: aid education, attack disease, medicare and medicaid urban renewal, beautification, vonservation, develpment of depressed regions, war on peoverty, controled and prevention of crime, remocal of obstacles to the right to vote. elementary and secondary education act of 1965 for the first time large amounts of federal money went to popublic schools and the focus was poor schools. higher education act of 1965 which focused on funding lower income students including grants work study money and government loans. set up national endowment for the humanities of the national endowment for the arts. economic opportunity act helped start head start food stamps, medicare and medicaid. johnson and vietnam the vietnam conflict dominated much of johnson;s presidency. believed in domino theroy. Nixon -37th president vice president of eisenhower. lost 1960 election to JFK the only person to be elected twice to both the presidency and the vice presidency. only president to resign from office. national enviroment.
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