PPT-President Lyndon B. Johnson

Vietnam War Protester Conscientious Objector Draft Protester Ho Chi Minh Soldier in North Vietnamese Army Member of the Viet Cong American Soldier in the Vietnam War Member of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization. Mr. Daniel Lazar. Election of 1960. Bi-Elections . of . 1958. Dems . gained 15 Senate seats (62-34), 48 House seats (282-153) and . 6 . governorships . 1958 . recession, Republican policy of lowered farm price supports, labor opposition to state right-to-work . Impeachment. The Constitution provides that the President, Vice President, and all civil officers “may be . removed from Office on Impeachment . for and Conviction of . Treason, Bribery, and other high crimes”.. Impeachment. The Constitution provides that the President, Vice President, and all civil officers “may be . removed from Office on Impeachment . for and Conviction of . Treason, Bribery, and other high crimes”.. Reconstruction. The process of restoring the Union and rebuilding the social, political, and economic structure of the South.. The Problems of Peace. After the . war there . were many . questions:. what . John F. Kennedy . & . Lyndon B. Johnson. Lyndon B. Johnson being sworn in as president of the United States after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Jacqueline Kennedy (right) witnesses the oath (November 22, 1963).. Kennedy’s “New Frontier” Spirit. President Kennedy. , the youngest president to take office, assembled one of the youngest cabinets, including his brother . Robert Kennedy. , the Attorney General, who planned to reform the priorities of the FBI.  Kennedy's new challenge of a ". Truman, Kennedy, Johnson. Harry Truman and the Fair Deal. The Fair Deal. In the . Election of 1948 . Southern Democrats had formed the State’s Rights Democratic Party (. Dixiecrats. ) and nominated their own candidate for president-South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond; Truman narrowly defeated Republican Thomas Dewey. But he said, “I want you to know that if you do not deliver Israel here on this [UN] resolution—withdrawal—and you cannot pull these fighters back like you do two boxing men in the ring, separate the combatants, and you pull them back to where they were before this war started, then I want you to know there’s going to be a big war, and there’s going to be a great war, and it’s coming soon.”. Truman, Kennedy, Johnson. Harry Truman and the Fair Deal. The Fair Deal. In the . Election of 1948 . Southern Democrats had formed the State’s Rights Democratic Party (. Dixiecrats. ) and nominated their own candidate for president-South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond; Truman narrowly defeated Republican Thomas Dewey. Johnson admired Franklin Roosevelt who took the young congressman under his wing. Johnson became a senator in 1948 and by 1955 he was Senate majority leader. Senator Johnson pictured in 1958 . Johnson’s Background. 1960 Presidential election. ". I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party's candidate for President who also happens to be a Catholic. I do not speak for my Church on public matters — and the Church does not speak for me.". Chapter 8:. Nov. 22, 1963, with Jacklyn Kennedy. Lyndon B. Johnson. 36. th. Pres. Of U.S.- Nov. 22, 1963- Jan. 20, 1969. Born 1908, Rural Poverty of Texas. Poverty and experience made him feel inferior to more educated politicians, felt they wouldn’t accept him . US Regents Review Part 14 Important Actions Taken by Modern President Mrs. Sinacore , 2015 John F. Kennedy Democrat 1961-1963 John F. Kennedy Space Program – The USSR successfully launched a satellite (Sputnik) and a person into space; the USA then became committed to a space program (goal was to get a man to walk on the moon by the end of the 1960s); 1962 John Glenn became first person to orbit the earth ; 1969 Neil Armstrong walked on the moon.