Lyndon+B.+Johnson

Name of individual (1 pt) Lyndon B. Johnson

When/where they lived (2 pts) He lived from 1908-1973 and lived in Stonewall, Texas.

Early life (3-4 sentences) (4 pts) At four years old he started attending school but that ended soon because he caught the wooping cough. His family then moved to Johnson City nearby and he started 1st grade there. He graduated from high school at fifteen years old At Johson City High School. He started life with a few low rate jobs such as an elevator operator. He later enroled at Southwest Texas Teachers College and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree.

What they did to impact the Civil Rights Movement (4-5 sentences) (9 pts) First he signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964 to protect medicare, voting rights, urban renewal and more. Then in 1965 he signed the Voting Rights act to ensure any person should be able to vote without discrimination. Later he signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 as the end of the previous 1964 Civil Rights Act. On a scale of 1 (low) to 10 (high), how important do you think this person was to the movement? (Explain your reasoning in 4-5 sentences) (9 pts) On a scale 1-10 i think the importance of LBJ was a nine. He passed a lot of Acts throughout his first and only term as the President of The United States. He gave African Americans the right to vote equally, proper housing, help with medicare, and much more. He also decided to save America by not re-entering for a second term to seek peace with Vietnam. He did all this and more which shows the significance of Lyndon B. Johnson.

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