The Congress of the United States authorized Johnson to use "military force" in order to defend Vietnam. This was done with the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. It was not a formal declaration of war.
It led to more u.s. troops in Vietnam
Andrew Johnson
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights act of 1964.
President's Wilson (Allied intervention in Russia), Truman (Korea), Kennedy (Vietnam, Cuba), Johnson (Vietnam), Nixon (Vietnam), Ford (Mayaguez incident), and Reagan (Grenada). If one considers the U-2 incident to be a military action, you could include President Eisenhower.
The only hot spot(s) of importance were the middle east (South West Asia). The six day war in '67 was news worthy.US involvement in Vietnam had started with Kennedy right before Johnson so that was going on too.
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Andrew Johnson had been vice President under Lincoln, and he became President only because of the assassination of Lincoln. Even though this was exactly what the constitution required, many people at the time felt that Johnson did not have the right to become President, and resented him. This was particularly true because Johnson was from the South. It almost seemed like a final coup d'etat by the Confederacy, for Johnson to become President.
Asking this question in the present tense is a bit confusing, as South Vietnam fell to North Vietnam in 1975, and they have been one country ever since. Was it right? That question was not answered to the satisfaction of everyone at the time, and it could still be debatable today. In my own family, some thought it was right, and some thought it was wrong. Personally, I believe an attempt to save South Vietnam was justified, but I would have sent only volunteers, advisers, Special Forces and the like, who would know the risks and choose to go there to help South Vietnam. I think it was a grave mistake to send large numbers of drafted teenagers to fight a war in which they had little understanding, as became the policy under President Johnson and continued under President Nixon.
When Kennedy's VP, Lyndon B. Johnson, became president for a time he had no VP.Upon Johnson's being elected in his own right, Hubert Humphrey became his VP.
it would easier to ask what did he do right except for civil right bill not much else
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