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In Lyndon B. Johnson’s speech The Great Society he is effective in showing that the society must work to build and achieve a great society. He is effective in showing this by giving examples of how to improve America by using rhetorical devices in his speech to create envisionments of the future in the society. By doing this he is effective in his speech to motivate people to participate and help develop this great society.

During Johnson’s presidency, the federal government significantly extended its domestic responsibilities in attempt to transform the nation to what Johnson called the “Great Society,” in which poverty and racial intolerance ceased to exist. A previously unsurpassed amount of legislation was passed during this time; numerous laws were passed to protect the environment, keep consumers safe, reduce unfairness in education, improve housing in urban areas, provide more assistance to the elderly with health care, and other policies to improve welfare. Johnson called for a “War on Poverty,” and directed more funds to help the poor; government spending towards the poor

When Lyndon B. Johnson succeeded the presidency after John F. Kennedy's assassination he spoke of his vision of a Great Society in America. This Great Society included "an end to poverty and racial injustice," and also was intended to turn America into a place where kids can enhance their mind, broaden their talents, and people could restore their connection with the environment. In order to reach his goal, LBJ enacted numerous proposals involving taxes, civil rights, poverty, and much more. For the most part Johnson did an excellent job on delivering his promises, but international affairs threatened the Great Society and although LBJ won the presidency in a landslide victory in 1964, by 1966 he and the Supreme Court began to face

It was the early 1960’s and civil rights was a big argument. John F. Kennedy had just been elected president and his vice-president was Lyndon B. Johnson. Kennedy did a lot for civil rights, but was sadly assassinated three years after his election. Lyndon Johnson then became the president of the United States. Johnson had been born on a farm to a poor family, but slowly made his way up into congress. Johnson was a US Representative and a US Senate for Texas. In 1960 he decided to take a step up, and run for president of the United States. Johnson lost to Kennedy, but became his vice-president. Little did he know that he would soon become the president of the United States. When Johnson did become the president of the

In 1963, with the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson ascended to the presidency. Johnson, a democrat, had enormous ambitions to expand the role of the federal government in American’s lives like FDR had done. The nation was in shock and Johnson rode the wave to have the martyred president’s “New Frontier” agenda passed into law. As a former majority leader in the Senate, he used his know-how to continue to churn bills one after another through Congress. Most notable among them was the Civil Rights Act of 1964: a landmark in the fight for equality. Johnson’s other bills were part of a declared war against poverty, and these would come to be called a part of his “Great Society” harkening back to FDR’s “New Deal” in both

Lyndon Baines Johnson introduced the Great Society, a strategic plan of action to propose environmental cleanup, decreasing poverty, and helping to further fund education during his state of the union address in 1965 in a poetic manner. He spoke of it as a destination that the American people would work toward. Johnson’s address gave many Americans hope and faith in a better world after feeling so much pain following the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Americans were anxious to move forward as a nation in support of the changed Johnson proposed.

The second chapter entails Johnson’s efforts to attack poverty. This issue and civil rights Johnson felt went hand in hand, due to many African Americans being poverty stricken. He implemented the Economic Opportunity act in 1964 in order to provide jobs and other services to the poor. He set out to instill education, health care, and an overall better well being for the less fortunate. He also implemented the Community Action Program, which was set up at the local level through federal funding to combat poverty in many stricken areas.

Lyndon B Johnson became president in 1963 after the assassination of President John F Kennedy on November 22nd 1963. He formulated many policies including ‘The Great Society’. This was introduced in an aim to end poverty, improve education and rejuvenate cities for all Americans. Johnson also introduced Civil Rights. This act refers to the personal rights a citizen holds which are protected by the US government and prohibits; the discrimination of race, religion, age or gender. This was introduced to create equal opportunities for all. This essay will outline the key factors regarding whether or not Lyndon B Johnson

January 1969, Richard Nixon entered the executive office picking up the pieces Lyndon Johnson who had left while the Vietnam War was still in effect. Many Americans had the expectation that Nixon would be the “peaceful president”, visualizing he would put an end to this war in Southeast Asian and bring back home our troops. A policy Nixon redefined was the American role in the world by suggesting to limit the U.S resources and commitments. Therefore, Nixon’s set his efforts to end the war since the withdrawal from Vietnam was not an immediate option. Also, Nixon had his radar on Moscow and China because according to George C. Herring, they felt that they must release the United States from the war in a way that would uphold United States credibility with their friends and foes alike. During Nixon’s term in office, he tries a number of different strategies in his effort to end the war, but to this day, one can see that Nixon only prolonged the war when it could have ended earlier.

After entering office I was determined to follow through with the initiatives set forth by my predecessor JFK. They were trying times when I took office. Segregation seemed unsolvable, and poverty was abundant. I was determined to “build a Great Society. A society where no child will go unfed, and no youngster will go unschooled”(Johnson, 1964), I publicly announced these plans at a speech I gave at Ohio University May

During President Johnson's term in office from 1964 to 1968, Johnson had declared a war on poverty. This is made evident when Johnson attempts to attack poverty at its roots. He states,

On May 22nd of 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson spoke to the graduating class of the University of Michigan on The Great Society, saying, “ … in your time we have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward, to the Great Society … “ In his address, he used rhetoric to inspire young Americans to take action to better their country. In order to successfully impact them, President Johnson utilized the persuasive proofs as well as an understanding of his audience. logos, is an appeal to the logical mind of the audience, and is derived from arguments within the issue a speaker presents. President Johnson definitely made an attempt to persuade his listeners by presenting them with anecdotal and statistical evidence. For instance, he referenced the Peace Corps, which were founded at Michigan, and the good works they did, much like the works he was asking the graduates to do for America and her citizens. He also mentioned statistics related to the areas he hoped his audience would seek to improve, like the 54 million Americans who never completed high school and the 100,000 students who would not go to college because they could not afford it. He satisfied both the desire to better society that is common in the minds of college students and the need for numeric, factual support they learned to ask for through their education. By presenting this balanced, well-reasoned argument,

Prior to his political career, Johnson was himself had seen poverty in a Hispanic community in a small town in Texas, where he was a teacher. His experiences as a teacher would be recalled again when he became President. His largest priority in his series of plans was to make education more accessible in areas of the country where it was not of a competent quality. He believed that through education, people’s lives can change for the better, as it was his way out of poverty in rural Texas (Dellek, 193). The Elementary and Secondary Education Act was one of the most expensive bills he had passed. The legislation focused on funding local elementary, secondary and high schools to improve quality and offer better resources for academic purposes. These purposes included better opportunities for handicapped and non-English speaking children, hot lunches for children during school as well as the priority he had to desegregate schools (Dellek, 196). Not only did he focus on education for young children, but to young adults as well- a bill was passed to help war veterans attend college, as well as the Higher Education Act of 1965, legislating better funding to programs in colleges and universities, providing resources as well as scholarships and loans to end the issue with crime and unemployment. Johnson also oversaw the National Defense Education Act, a policy to aid and promote the study of the science, and math, with added subjects to elementary and high school curriculum (Dellek,

In May of 1964, Johnson explained that the Great Society was “a place where men are more concerned with the quality of their governments than the quality of their goods. The Great Society rests on abundance and liberty for all. It demands an end to poverty and racial injustice.” The following year, liberal Democratic majorities passed eighty of eighty-three major legislative acts. By 1969, nearly all reforms of the Great Society became law. Johnson wanted to focus the legalization of the Great Society in three main areas of America where he felt that innovation and Government oversight to insure prosperity was needed the most, America’s cities, countryside, and

Johnson came into office with plans to tackle the biggest problems which faced the United States, such as the civil rights movement and the unemployment rate. Former President, Lyndon B. Johnson, in his speech, 'The Great Society, ' outlined a set of reforms to help persuade the nation 's youth to assist in creating a truly “great society” and propel the nation to greater heights. The purpose of the speech was to lay out a political plan for his upcoming presidential campaign. He adopts an elevated tone not only to pay homage to Kennedy, but to persuade the American voters to support him in the upcoming election.