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Lydon B Johnson
- Was a Texas Senator
- Took over president after Kennedy was assassinated.
- Was in one election for the presidency, the election of 1964. He was victorious over Republican Barry Goldwater. The election was a blow out.
- There was a major shift in voting because of Civil Rights.
- Scared people in to voting for him by stating that if they voted for Goldwater there would be nuclear war.
- Johnson passed an act that allowed more immigration.
- The Great Society program was created to prevent poverty, crime, and racial discrimination. It helped to aid education, attack disease, Medicare and Medicaid, urban renewal ect.
- Passed the gun control act of 1968
- The 24th amendment outlawed poll taxes
- Started Affirmative action laws. These forced businesses to hire blacks and colleges to accept blacks.
Richard Nixon
- Vice President of Eisenhower
- Lost 1960 election to Kennedy
- The only person to be elected twice into the presidency and twice to the vice presidency.
- Only president to resign from office
- The election of 1968 was one of the closest presidential elections in US history
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