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Lyndon Baines Johnson November 22, 1963 - January 20, 1969
one of FDR's most loyal New Dealers
"Great Society" (largest govt expansion since FDR's New Deal)
1of4 Pres. to also be Rep, Sen., VP.
"hobo's life" youth
"Gulf of Tonkin Resolution" handed Congress war power to Pres
VietNam quagmire
Voting Rights Act
SCOTUS' Loving v Virginia
MLK & RFK assassinated
Chose NOT to re-run for Pres 1968
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Lyndon Baines Johnson November 22, 1963 - January 20, 1969
one of FDR's most loyal New Dealers
"Great Society" (largest govt expansion since FDR's New Deal)
1of4 Pres. to also be Rep, Sen., VP.
"hobo's life" youth
"Gulf of Tonkin Resolution" handed Congress war power to Pres
VietNam quagmire
Voting Rights Act
SCOTUS' Loving v Virginia
MLK & RFK assassinated
Chose NOT to re-run for Pres 1968
Mark Henkel
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy January 20, 1961 - November 22, 1963
Youngest Pres
1st Catholic
Protestants Billy Graham & Norman Vincent called opposed pope-loyal pres
Joe McCarthy friends of JFK's father
1st Pres TV debate
Fresh JFK outshined Nixon
Closest election to date
Bay Of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis
Details 25 yrs later: Deal struck w/USSR
Racist Southern Dems
Peace Corps
Assassinated
Jackie O
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy January 20, 1961 - November 22, 1963
Youngest Pres
1st Catholic
Protestants Billy Graham & Norman Vincent called opposed pope-loyal pres
Joe McCarthy friends of JFK's father
1st Pres TV debate
Fresh JFK outshined Nixon
Closest election to date
Bay Of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis
Details 25 yrs later: Deal struck w/USSR
Racist Southern Dems
Peace Corps
Assassinated
Jackie O
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Dwight David Eisenhower January 20, 1953 - January 20, 1961
"I like Ike"
WWII General, Internat'l War Hero, "conqueror of Hitler"
Prosperity
Alaska & Hawaii become 49th & 50th States
Surgeon Genl links smoking to cancer
SCOTUS decisions: Brown v Education, and Brown II
99 Democrat Sens & Reps sign "Southern Manifesto" opposing desegregation
Gave warning against the "military industrial-complex"
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Dwight David Eisenhower January 20, 1953 - January 20, 1961
"I like Ike"
WWII General, Internat'l War Hero, "conqueror of Hitler"
Prosperity
Alaska & Hawaii become 49th & 50th States
Surgeon Genl links smoking to cancer
SCOTUS decisions: Brown v Education, and Brown II
99 Democrat Sens & Reps sign "Southern Manifesto" opposing desegregation
Gave warning against the "military industrial-complex"










