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President Lyndon B. Johnson took charge and led America when the country’s state was shaky. His were efforts by enforcing laws and acts to stop segregation and open opportunities to join the work force proved effective. Keeping in mind Johnson’s foreign deal wasn’t as great; I would give him a B. One of the most positive outcomes of this program was a Civil Rights Act in 1964. This act essentially banned segregation in public areas and punished the use of segregation. On the other hand, Johnson’s decision about his take on the Vietnam War got a negative response in America. Johnson thought it would be important to send more troops in the battle zone. A successive amount of soldiers had led to many injuries and death. America responded to Johnson’s action in strikes, riots, and protests however, Johnson sent more Americans to fight. The foreign angle expressed the Viet Cong refusing to settle peace unless Johnson stopped bombing (which led to pointless fighting). Johnson didn’t stop bombing until the end of his term. Johnson had an image to change into reality; it was called the Great Society. The Great Society was an attempt to protect the environment, as well as dealing with poverty and civil rights. This same program opened up difference agencies that could help a variety of Americans like Medicare and Medicade. Johnson had a follow through plan to protect the environment. He passed the Clean Air Act and Air Quality Act, which enforced states to have higher standards for air quality. In additional he also passed the Water Quality Act and Clean Water Restoration Act that enforced safer drinking water standards. In Johnson’s plan to limit poverty, he passed an Economic Opportunity Act and opened the Office of Economic Opportunity. This program opened smaller scaled programs like VISTA to help this purpose; creating jobs for Americans. Helping civil rights, the Voting Rights Act in 1965 allowed a greater amount of minorities to vote. In Conclusion, many of his programs are still in use and his actions have influence many other future presidents. He also left office leaving the country in a better state. His domestic reared thinking left America in a positive, optimistic, opportunistic state. Work Citied: Rubel, David. __Scholastic Encyclopedia Of The Presidents And Their Times__. New York: Scholastic, 1994. [] [] []
 * Name: || Lyndon Baines Johnson ||
 * Born: || August 27, 1908 ||
 * Died: || January 22, 1973 ||
 * Years in Office/ Terms: || 1963-1969/ 2 Terms ||
 * Political Party: || Democrat ||
 * Vice President: || Hubert Humphrey for both terms ||