5 out of 5 points In 1965‚ President Lyndon B. Johnson signed legislation providing health insurance for: Question 5 5 out of 5 points In Brown vs. Board of Education (1954)‚ the Supreme Court ruled that: Question 6 5 out of 5 points In the period between 1877 and 1900‚ commercial development was greatly facilitated by: Question 7 0 out of 5 points The Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ signed by President Lyndon Johnson: Question 8 5 out of 5 points
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Kicking it off with the President of the United States at the time of the major events in the Vietnam War was President Lyndon B. Johnson a senator from Texas‚ a professional politician. In November of 1963 John F. Kennedy was assassinated and Johnson the vice president was sworn in to president on the air force one plane while carrying the casket of Kennedy. Johnson could then do what he wanted as president‚ he wanted to focus on civil rights‚ but he also inherited Kennedy’s commitments‚ obviously
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Ordered by US President Lyndon Johnson‚ Operation Rolling Thunder was designed to convince North Vietnam to halt support of the communist forces in South Vietnam without the use of ground forces. The plan was to destroy the transportation system‚ industrial base‚ and air defense of the North Vietnamese. Described by historians as an anatomical failure‚ Operation Rolling Thunder seemed almost destined to fail. - Approved on February 24‚ 1965‚ by President Lyndon Johnson‚ implementation was delayed
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Court in July 2‚ 1908. Before he actually became a judge‚ Marshall was a lawyer who was known for his success rate in arguing before the Supreme Court‚ what’s interesting is that when he was serving as the Solicitor General‚ he got appointed by Lyndon Johnson and also how he was the first black to attend this event . He challenged the segregation policy for equal education for student who went to Maryland University. He was very young when he won his first case before the Supreme Court. When he died
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which have enhanced and still getting better. That is only the provider side of healthcare. When speaking on the financial side of healthcare insurance plays a huge role. Medicare and Medicaid was seen as a significant event. “When President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the bill on July 30‚ 1965‚ creating the Medicare and Medicaid programs‚ it was the culmination of a decades-long effort‚ marked by political infighting‚ false starts and near misses to create a national health-insurance program.” (Fong
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intervention in Vietnam took place in 1963. However‚ the antiwar movements were not of great scale until two years later‚ when President Lyndon B. Johnson had ordered massive U.S. military intervention and the bombing of North Vietnam. Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) had been the first to organise a national antiwar demonstration in Washington where 20‚000 people attended in 1965. As the
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confront the issue’” (Document B). For example‚ in an attempt of convincing congress to pass the Civil Rights Bill of 1964‚ Bayard Rustin and A. Phillip Randolph started the 250‚000-member March to Washington. Eventually‚ President Lyndon B. Johnson passed the bill which prohibited discrimination based on religion‚ race‚ gender‚ and ethnicity. Soon after‚ another march‚ from Selma to Montgomery‚ occurred. The Selma Campaigns took a violent turn‚ and President Johnson subsequently proposed a voting
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Everyone can agree that as far as presidents go‚ John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson are two of the most important presidents in terms of making huge strides in the Civil Rights Movement. Obviously the two were not the faces of the movement‚ like Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Malcolm X‚ or Rosa Parks were‚ but they did provide the legal and legislative means for race equality. However‚ since the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington‚ there has been debate over who was the most influential hand
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Barry Goldwater was born on January 2 1909 in Phoenix Arizona. Barry worked for his father in his early life. He dropped at of college to work fulltime for his father’s death. He also became popular for making “antsy pants” and other popular items. He also enjoyed aviation as another one of his hobbies. Barry started to find an entrance in the political field. The first thing he tried to do in the political sphere was then Phoenix municipal reform movement. After finding out he had and interest in
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and had to go to Texas‚ Dallas‚ which was a part of his pre-election strategy. Unfortunately‚ John Kennedy was assassinated there. The country suffered the great loss. After Kennedy’s death Lyndon B. Johnson became the President of the USA‚ who promised to continue the policy of Kennedy. In 1964 Johnson declared that he would make the United States into a “Great Society” in which there would be no place for poverty and racial segregation. He developed a set of programs that would help poor people
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