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Country Studies: Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society

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Lyndon B. Johnson ascended to the presidency after the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963. With a year to go until the election of 1964, LBJ appropriated Kennedy's "New Frontier" and transformed this agenda into his "Great Society."

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lyndon b. johnson, medicare, the great society
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social welfare, department of housing and urban development, johnson administration, lyndon b. johnson administration, lyndon johnson and the great society, medicaid, ralph nader, tax reduction act, voting rights act
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