Because VIETNAM sidetracked Johnson's REAL INTEREST..."His Great Society!"
president johnson cut back on great society programs to help pay for the war
President Lyndon B. Johnson's "Great Society," an agenda to combat poverty, strengthen civil rights and public education, renew urban communities, and protect the environment, was criticized by some for increasing government size.
It increased the size- a LOT!
they caused corruption
Because VIETNAM sidetracked Johnson's REAL INTEREST..."His Great Society!"
The Vietnam War was very damaging to Johnson's Great Society aspirations. People were outraged by the premise and practices of the war.
President Johnson did NOT like the Vietnam War; He didn't like to talk about it, he didn't want to hear about it, and he didn't want "...to send American Boys to fight a war that Asian Boys should be fighting..." to quote one of his televised broadcasts. Johnson wanted to concentrate on HOME MATTERS; primarily his "Great Society." Vietnam angered him so much, he refused to remain President of the United States after his first term expired.
The resolution allowed President Johnson to commit more troops to South Vietnam without the approval of Congress.
The Vietnam War was very damaging to Johnson's Great Society aspirations. People were outraged by the premise and practices of the war.
The Vietnam war distracted the American people from Johnson's plan for a "Great Society".
president johnson cut back on great society programs to help pay for the war
Either for or against communism.
the Vietnam War 58,000 troops killed and 300,000 injured.over 1.1 million Vietnamese died.
Did the planter elite affect President Johnson approach to reconstruction
President Kennedy's death lead to Lyndon Johnson becoming President. He implemented expensive welfare programs as part of his "War on Poverty". We have paid billions of dollars into those programs, with extremely poor reults. Nonetheless, we are still paying into those programs today. Johnson also expanded the US military involvement in Vietnam.
Social legislation slowed down because of the cost of the war.