To insure we do not have a recurrence of the great depression we must start with an even greater society and that is exactly what Lyndon B. Johnson had created. Lyndon Johnson the 37th president of the United States did not go to school believing that one day he would run this country. Mr. Johnson came from a less fortunate family, who attended college to teach the less fortunate children of minorities, this did help his presidency because he could see where people other than the rich first class was coming from and acknowledged that they needed more help. President Johnson believed that a great society would be a society “Where progress is the servant of our needs,” (Johnson qtd. in Great). Lyndon Johnson 's Great Society was founded upon
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Lyndon Johnson did a lot to help the working class of America in the 60swhen he became president after John F. Kennedy’s assassination. Lyndon Baines Johnson did a lot for the Americans he passed a great number of bills and acts to help out the common people of America to get a better chance to start and create a better life for them and their children, the future generation of America. Without Lyndon Johnsons’ great society we would be a less great America. Lyndon Johnson is America’s greatest underdog.
Like every great underdog you must start off in a struggling situation. When Lyndon Johnson was young he grew up in a small house with a farm and a lot of siblings, he was a victim of the great depression, but his work ethic was outstanding and he did know how to give the people what they wanted so he overcame the struggles of …show more content…
Any one person in charge of such a great responsibility would have some complications, however Johnson had MAJOR complications, he wanted to support all the supportive bills he passed, however he also wanted to support the south Vietnamese, and the only way to do that would be to spend millions of dollars on army supplies and weapons. More and more Americans grew a hate for the Vietnam War because there was a lot more coverage of this war and more people were dying both Americans and Vietnamese. The Americans wanted to put a stop on the war but Johnson knew that we must continue to fight or the communists would win in 1968 he sent over 548,000 troops overseas to Vietnam. Over 30,000 were killed or wounded and that left a lot of families very upset and wanted to let it be known how they felt so they would chant at the president mean phrases, so When re-election time came along he decided it would be best to not run again in 1965 he had a 70% approval rating, however he had a less than 40% approval rating in 1967.
Even though Lyndon Johnson did so much for the American people he could tell that they wanted a new president, so he did what any great leader would do and stepped down so the American people could cool down. Many of Kennedys and Johnsons bills are still in effect to this day and are inspiration for new bills.
Lyndon Johnson did a lot to help the working class of America in the 60swhen he became president after John F. Kennedy’s assassination. Lyndon Baines Johnson did a lot for the Americans he passed a great number of bills and acts to help out the common people of America to get a better chance to start and create a better life for them and their children, the future generation of America. Without Lyndon Johnsons’ great society we would be a less great America. Lyndon Johnson is America’s greatest underdog.
Like every great underdog you must start off in a struggling situation. When Lyndon Johnson was young he grew up in a small house with a farm and a lot of siblings, he was a victim of the great depression, but his work ethic was outstanding and he did know how to give the people what they wanted so he overcame the struggles of …show more content…
Any one person in charge of such a great responsibility would have some complications, however Johnson had MAJOR complications, he wanted to support all the supportive bills he passed, however he also wanted to support the south Vietnamese, and the only way to do that would be to spend millions of dollars on army supplies and weapons. More and more Americans grew a hate for the Vietnam War because there was a lot more coverage of this war and more people were dying both Americans and Vietnamese. The Americans wanted to put a stop on the war but Johnson knew that we must continue to fight or the communists would win in 1968 he sent over 548,000 troops overseas to Vietnam. Over 30,000 were killed or wounded and that left a lot of families very upset and wanted to let it be known how they felt so they would chant at the president mean phrases, so When re-election time came along he decided it would be best to not run again in 1965 he had a 70% approval rating, however he had a less than 40% approval rating in 1967.
Even though Lyndon Johnson did so much for the American people he could tell that they wanted a new president, so he did what any great leader would do and stepped down so the American people could cool down. Many of Kennedys and Johnsons bills are still in effect to this day and are inspiration for new bills.