In a series of speeches, Lyndon Baines Johnson declared an unconditional war on poverty and said the nation to set its course toward a Great Society
President Lyndon B. Johnson declared 'war on poverty' in his State of the Union address January 8, 1964 and the "Economic Opportunity Act of 1964" was signed into law August 20, 1964 .
The term "declaration of unconditional war" probably doesn't officially exist. It's either a formal declaration of war or not. The US hasn't declared war since WWII. Atom bombs have made total wars impractical; a declared war implies total war (which is why the US used atomic weapons in WWII, WWII was total war). In 1964 LBJ went to war against North Vietnam. Eisenhower and Kennedy went to war against the communists in SOUTH Vietnam, but President Johnson (LBJ) commenced bombing NORTH Vietnam after naval forces of NORTH Vietnam attacked US destroyers in the Tonkin Gulf in '64.
Hubert Humphrey was never President; he was Vice President under Lyndon Johnson.
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on July 2, 1964.
The gulf of tonkin resolution was passed by President Johnson, in 1964, in responce to the attacks launched by the north vietnamese, against the American ships in the gulf of tonkin.
President Lyndon B. Johnson declared 'war on poverty' in his State of the Union address January 8, 1964 and the "Economic Opportunity Act of 1964" was signed into law August 20, 1964 .
The term "declaration of unconditional war" probably doesn't officially exist. It's either a formal declaration of war or not. The US hasn't declared war since WWII. Atom bombs have made total wars impractical; a declared war implies total war (which is why the US used atomic weapons in WWII, WWII was total war). In 1964 LBJ went to war against North Vietnam. Eisenhower and Kennedy went to war against the communists in SOUTH Vietnam, but President Johnson (LBJ) commenced bombing NORTH Vietnam after naval forces of NORTH Vietnam attacked US destroyers in the Tonkin Gulf in '64.
Lyndon B. Johnson was the president in September 1964.
Johnson had a large majority of Democrats in Congress after the 1964 election.
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights act of 1964.
k President Johnson was in office and Kennedy dead.
President Johnson
In June 1964, Johnson appointed General William Westmoreland
Lyndon B. Johnson.
1964
it was in 1964 :D
Hubert Humphrey was never President; he was Vice President under Lyndon Johnson.