Johnson administration

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United States presidential administration presidential administration

The Johnson administration refers to the U.S. presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson from 1963 to 1969, marked by the Great Society domestic reforms and deepening involvement in the Vietnam War.

Aliases (1)

Lyndon B. Johnson administration ×8

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States presidential administration → presidential administration →
capital	Washington, D.C. →
conflict	Vietnam War →
country	United States →
doctrine	containment policy →
domesticProgram	Great Society →
election	1964 United States presidential election →
endTime	1969-01-20 →
environmentalLegislation	Clean Air Act amendments of 1967 → Water Quality Act of 1965 →
focus	anti-poverty programs → civil rights reform → education reform → health care for the elderly →
followedBy	Nixon administration →
headOfGovernment	Lyndon B. Johnson →
headOfState	Lyndon B. Johnson →
judicialAppointment	Abe Fortas → Thurgood Marshall →
legislativeBody	United States Congress →
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. →
majorityInCongress	Democratic Party supermajority (89th Congress) →
militaryInvolvement	Dominican Civil War intervention → Vietnam War escalation →
notablePolicy	Civil Rights Act of 1964 → Civil Rights Act of 1968 → Department of Housing and Urban Development → Department of Transportation → Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 → Elementary and Secondary Education Act → Freedom of Information Act → Great Society → Head Start program → Higher Education Act of 1965 → Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 → Medicaid → Medicare → Model Cities Program → National Endowment for the Arts → National Endowment for the Humanities → Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 → Voting Rights Act of 1965 → War on Poverty →
partOf	U.S. federal government →
politicalParty	Democratic Party →
precededBy	Kennedy administration →
startTime	1963-11-22 →
vicePresident	Hubert H. Humphrey →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Great Society ("Lyndon B. Johnson administration") → Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 ("Lyndon B. Johnson administration") →	presidentialAdministration
Operation Power Pack ("Lyndon B. Johnson administration") →	commandedBy
Alliance for Progress ("Lyndon B. Johnson administration") →	declineBeganUnder
Kennedy administration →	followedBy
Head Start program ("Lyndon B. Johnson administration") →	initiatedUnder
Nixon administration →	precededBy
Model Cities Program ("Lyndon B. Johnson administration") →	sponsor
Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ("Lyndon B. Johnson administration") →	sponsoredBy
Social Security Amendments of 1965 ("Lyndon B. Johnson administration") →	supportedBy
Backstairs at the White House →	timePeriodCovered