The Great Society--
federal government funded public schools.
tried to really take care of poorer schools/students to they could also have an education
usually, when federal money is given, there are strings attached.. like if you take the money, you have to put up/follow the governments rules.
higher education--scholarships, grants and loans from the government
-economic actions: helped start medicare, medicaid, food stamps, head start, work study.
-gun control act was passed to set regulations on guns in response to the assassinations
-Vietnam Conflict dominated much of Johnson's presidency.
-believed in domino theory (one country has communism, others will follow)
-congress gave Johnson power to wage war in Vietnam as he saw fit in 1964
1968 election. johnson did not re-run, mostly because of Vietnam
Richard Nixon
he was VP for Eisenhower.
when he was running for VP, he got in a lot of trouble for accepting illegal campaign contributions
lost 1960 election to JFK
only person to be elected twice to both presidency and VPresidency
only president to resign from office
campaign promise-end Vietnam War, very big reason he won election
big accomplishment-easing our relations with communist China
accomplishments
vietnam conflict dominated much of his presidency and war became very unpopular
promised to end war, ("peace with honor") but then started bombing Laos and Cambodia
started pulling troops out of Vietnam as promised
Nixon Doctrine- "vietnamization" we train/equip the south vietnamese people to fight/defend themselves.
Paris Peace Accords signed in 1973, US left the war
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