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He was responsible for many civil rights bills, and a lot of aid to poor people in the USA. Unfortunately he was also responsible for one of the biggest lies in the history of the USA: the August 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident. LBJ knew that the US Navy sailors were Probably just "shooting at flying fish". Yet he turned the incident into an excuse to widen US involvement in the Vietnam War, and expand the quagmire until the USA pulled out in 1973 and the war ended in 1975. LBJ was of the first presidents to openly lie to the people which led to the American citizens distrusting the federal government, a distrust that continues today.
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Who is the 36th president of US?
Lyndon B. Johnson.
Was Lyndon B. Johnson a good president Why?
he's a good president because he was pick president by votes
Who was the president that started Medicare?
It was signed into law on July 30, 1965 by Lyndon B. Johnson.
Who was the president before Lyndon Johnson was elected?
John F. Kennedy preceded Lyndon Johnson as President of the USA.Lyndon Johnson was elected as John F. Kennedy's Vice President. So technically, Lyndon B. Johnson was president before Lyndon B. Johnson was elected as president.
What resulted from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy?
lyndon B Johnson became the new president novanet
What Texan was president of US in the 1960s?
The president was Lyndon Johnson.
Who was the president when the civil rights act was passed?
Lyndon B. Johnson
What president had the nickname of Lyndon B. Johnson?
President Lyndon B. Johnson was called LBJ.
Who declared a war on poverty?
Lyndon Johnson was the president who declared war on poverty. Poverty won.
Who became President when Kennedy was shot?
Lyndon Johnson.
What does Lyndon B. Johnson stand for as in us president?
Those are the initials of President Lyndon Baines Johnson.
Who was president when Forrest Gump bared his buttocks?
Lyndon B. Johnson
