Concerning Vietnam, he received a go ahead to use military force, via the Gulf of Tonkin resolution.
This act was signed by President Lyndon Johnson. The House version was passed while Kennedy was president but Johnson was the president by the time it was passed by the Senate and became law.
Lyndon Johnson
He used his ability to build consensus
he used ability to build consensus
Although there were other civil rights acts passed earlier, the first major civil rights act was passed in 1964. The president at that time was Lyndon B. Johnson who signed the bill into law on July 2, 1964.
President Lyndon Johnson
It was signed into law on July 30, 1965 by Lyndon B. Johnson.
Lyndon B. Johnson
The Selective Service Act of 1967 created a lottery for conscription into military service. Lyndon Johnson was the president at the time and signed it into law.
according to 2 websites ( http://www.maquah.net/media/news/ICRA.html http://www.tribalresourcecenter.org/legal/details.asp?55 ) the Indian Civil Rights Act was passed in 1968. I think it was by President Johnson
Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 after President Lyndon Johnson brokered an end to a Senate filibuster opposing the legislation. The new federal law was intended to end most forms of racial segregation and discrimination, in general.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 eliminated segregation based on race, color, sex and national origin. It was enacted by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 2, 1964.