Friday, May 9th

Lyndon B. Johnson:

  • Affirmative action laws- forces colleges and business' to hire and allow minorities to go to their school
  • Medicare and Medicaid were passed
  • Declared war on poverty
  • The Great Society- Gave money to public schools and aid to elderly
  • Gun control laws

Richard Nixon:

  • Senate Seat
  • VP to Eisenhower
  • Lost to JFK in 1960 election
  • Won 1968 election for President
  • 1972 Election won by Nixon
  • Watergate scandal 
  • Equal Rights Amendment
  • Apollo 11 moon landing
  • Environmental Protection Agency
  • Visited China to encourage peace
  • Civil Rights to woman- Title 9- Girls Sports
  • OSHA

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