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Ages: 6 - 18
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Lyndon B. Johnson's vision of America was one of democracy with freedom and justice for all; he wished to raise the underprivileged and discriminated up to new levels of equality. This four minute video shows his many accomplishments and his undoing ...with the war in Vietnam.
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November 7, 2010 at 10:09 PM
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Ages: 14 - 18
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The Great Society
From hippocampus.org, produced by University of CA and Monterey Institute for Technology and Education
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Texan Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) took the oath of office on the plane carrying John F. Kennedy's body from Dallas to Washington, D.C. on November 22, 1963. Johnson's presidency began in turmoil with Kennedy's assassination and continued throughout m...ost of the decade in the same manner. (Video is narrated with slides and speeches.)
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December 10, 2009 at 01:59 PM
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Ages: 11 - 18
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On January 20, 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson began his first elected term as president of the United States. President Johnson delivered his inaugural address on January 20, 1965 and in this address called for the nation to unite towards a common goal. (11...:45)
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March 26, 2009 at 10:25 PM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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President Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. President Johnson addresses Congress and the nation days later about continuing the work of Kennedy and the need for national unity.
November 18, 2010 at 11:50 PM
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Ages: 10 - 16
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1967. Universal Newsreel. President Lyndon B. Johnson visits 83 year former president Harry Truman in Missouri.
July 31, 2009 at 01:40 PM
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Ages: 13 - 18
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The most famous of all presidential campaign ads, Lyndon Johnson’s “Peace Little Girl (Daisy)” is based on the simple but stunning juxtaposition of a little girl picking petals off a flower with a countdown to a nuclear explosion. This was also the f...irst time that a child was used in a campaign ad. (1:00)
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February 10, 2011 at 06:41 PM
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Ages: 13 - 18
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This is a video commercial that aired when Johnson was running for president. President Lyndon B. Johnson, who took office following John F. Kennedy’s assassination in November 1963, enhanced his image as a tough legislator by winning a hard-fought ...battle to pass the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, which guaranteed African-Americans access to all public facilities, and banned discrimination by race, religion, or sex. (4:10)
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February 10, 2011 at 05:27 PM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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Through newsreel footage, archival photos, and interviews, this video segment adapted from American Experience surveys the array of civil rights and social welfare legislation that President Lyndon Johnson championed in pursuit of what he characteriz...ed as the "Great Society." Johnson's success in enacting reforms in the areas of civil rights, voting rights, education, health care, and housing were quickly met by budgetary constraints, including those imposed by increased spending on the Vietnam War, and significant public skepticism that compromised the effectiveness of many of the new programs. (4:42)
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February 18, 2012 at 03:24 PM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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In this video segment adapted from American Experience, view archival photos, newsreel footage, and interviews to examine the decision-making process that led Lyndon Johnson to order increased United States military involvement in the Vietnam War. Wi...th military and political advisers recommending massive American troop involvement over a number of years, and only one adviser urging complete withdrawal, Johnson chose to continue the commitments made by past presidents. This decision reflected Johnson's conviction that history taught the United States never to give in to aggressors. (5:06)
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February 18, 2012 at 03:21 PM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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In this video clip, see newsreel footage of President Johnson signing the Voting Rights Bill. (1:44)
February 29, 2012 at 06:16 PM
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