President Johnson
President Johnson
I am Lyndon Baines Johnson and I was the 36th president of the United States of America. I became the president when John F. Kennedy was assassinated, and even though I was an unlikely president, I was still as passionate and liberal as him. The assassination of the former president left the country in shock and fear, I knew it was my duty to help them heal and with hard work and determination I did. I was definitely the most successful president in having led the country through the Cold War. I was a great believer in equality and equal rights. I was so determined to provide equality for every American that I enforced the Civil Rights Bill, which guaranteed African-Americans their Civil Rights. I also urged for the Voting Rights Act to be passed knowing that it was vital for every American to have a voice and input on decisions made for their country, their home.
As president I was aware that my priority was to keep America safe. My social plan was called the Great Society. With this plan I’d aid in the creation of medicare and medicaid for elderly and less fortunate citizens, job corps and other job programs to benefit those who became hopeless. My intentions were positive, I even declared a War On Poverty consisting of large job programs, college investments, and job training programs. Unfortunately, due to my involvement in the Vietnam War my social programs were not as successful as planned. This was due to the foreign policy that had already been established and laid when I became president. Thanks to Truman’s Containment Policy and Domino Theory, Eisenhower’s Massive Retaliation strategy and belief in the Missile Gap, and Kennedy’s Flexible Response I had little choice as to how to proceed in Vietnam. Had the foreign policy been established differently, the Vietnam War would not have destroyed my plans for America, this is the sole fault of the former three presidents.
As president I was aware that my priority was to keep America safe. My social plan was called the Great Society. With this plan I’d aid in the creation of medicare and medicaid for elderly and less fortunate citizens, job corps and other job programs to benefit those who became hopeless. My intentions were positive, I even declared a War On Poverty consisting of large job programs, college investments, and job training programs. Unfortunately, due to my involvement in the Vietnam War my social programs were not as successful as planned. This was due to the foreign policy that had already been established and laid when I became president. Thanks to Truman’s Containment Policy and Domino Theory, Eisenhower’s Massive Retaliation strategy and belief in the Missile Gap, and Kennedy’s Flexible Response I had little choice as to how to proceed in Vietnam. Had the foreign policy been established differently, the Vietnam War would not have destroyed my plans for America, this is the sole fault of the former three presidents.
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