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An overview of the 1964 presidential election, in which Lyndon Johnson defeated Barry Goldwater for a first full presidential term.

Both Roosevelt and Johnson explicitly flouted the Founders' desires for a highly limited role of the state in the economy and in the life of the individual. They also neglected the Constitution's protections of individual economic and personal freedoms against government.

John F. Kennedy's New Frontier and Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society were to of the most comprehensive social policy agendas since the New Deal. The United States is what it is today in part thanks to these two programs...

A short article on the accomplishments of Lady Bird Johnson.

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Lady Bird Johnson

Read this informative article and learn some more little known facts about Lady Bird Johnson!

There doctrines came during an importnat time of U.S History

Sometime in the future, five reviled American Presidents meet in Purgatory, where they have to expiate their sins. Alas, they're having a tough time of it. This quarrelsome quintet consists of Warren Harding, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush.

Johnson City, a town of just 1,200 people in the heart of the Texas Hill Country, may be small in population. But during the holidays, Johnson City is big on yuletide cheer and even bigger on holiday light displays.

The city of Austin has renamed Town Lake, one of its renowned attractions, in honor of former First Lady Lady Bird Johnson.

In 1968, president Lyndon Johnson signed the National Trails Act, thus creating three categories of federally authorized trails. National Scenic Trails are trails in the traditional sense of the word; you can put your feet on them and hike long distances on them.

Lady Bird Johnson passed away on Wednesday, July 11th at the age of 94. She will be remembered as an environmentalist, gracious first lady and humanitarian

One of President Lyndon Johnson's first acts as president was to organize a commission to investigate Kennedy's assassination. The Warren Commission declared that it found no evidence of conspiracy and that Oswald had acted alone in the killing.

The modern presidency has evolved into a detrimental body of government for the American People. The precedents established by Woodrow Wilson and Lyndon B. Johnson have eroded...

Note conservative legend may be for Pres. Bush and Iraq what Walter Cronkite was to Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam.

An overview of pets owned by presidents Bush, Clinton, Bush, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, Johnson, and Kennedy.

Born to a Texas Rancher, it was no wonder that the former First Lady found refuge in nature and wanted to protect it. She grew up around natural beauty and understood the relationship between humans and the natural world, and the need to live in harmony with it.

While traveling along our nation's highways and observing the colorful flowers that brighten the colorless pavement, you might want to remember our nation's first "green" First Lady.

This book about our country's first 42 Presidents is a great anecdotal antidote to all those boring and dry history classes we took in high school.

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The most expensive health care system in the world doesn't deliver.

Memorial Day is the kickoff to the summer travel season, and there will be many people on the roads. Here are some things to keep in mind as you head out for some fun this Memorial Day.

Roy Benavidez, an Army sergeant in 1968, won the Medal of Honor for his unwavering bravery in saving eight wounded men. This article relates the horrifying scenario he overcame to become a hero.

The list of the most notable African-Americans of all times is vast, varied and virtually endless. African-Americans are noted for their contributions throughout history in every field imaginable.

The Congressional Gold Medal of Honor is considered the United States Congress equivalent to the Presidential Medal of Freedom

An overview of the 1960 presidential election, in which Democrat John Kennedy defeated Republican Richard Nixon.

Whether you are looking for Country Western Music, Arts and Culture, or just a taste of the West, Austin has it all!

A look at Martin Luther King's development as a civil rights leader and the portrayal of King in David Garrow's book, Bearing the Cross.

The celebration of Father's Day began in Washington in 1909. This article traces the brief history of the holiday and how it came to be a national event.

An overview of the 1972 presidential election, in which Richard Nixon won a second term of office.

An overview of the 1968 presidential election, a resounding victory for Richard Nixon and a major defeat for liberal Democrats.

breaking down the history between the U.S. and Israel

The battlefront of Vietnam.

A review of Reagonomics, its effect on the Reagan era, and its aftermath.

Examines Affirmative Action after 40 years. Gives solutions and insight into the often controversial topic.

On Christmas Eve, 1968, three explorers gave a Christmas present to the world that was much needed. That year had not been a happy one, with wars, riots, assassination, and political unrest. But that Christmas Eve was glorious indeed.

The assassination of John F. Kennedy produced an enormous reaction both in 1963 and the decades that followed. Gregory Corso used poetry to express his reaction which echoed what many felt after that turn of events.

The session long project will consist of five sections. Each section will lead into the next as the topic of school reform is discussed. The time period of this piece will start in the early 1950's and extend into the next century.

The time period of this piece will start in the early 1950's and extend into the next century. This paper will reflect upon the four principles of the No Child Left Behind Act and will present an essay on contemporary school reform.

Ronald Regan once said, "We fought the War on Poverty and poverty won." An in-depth look at why.

During the 1960s, many African Americans believed that civil rights should become a national priority. Young civil rights activists brought their cause to the national stage and demanded that the federal government step in and resolve the issue.

A state provides its residents representation. You have state representatives and state senators, a governor, U.S. representatives, and two senators. This is a right that is given to all Americans, well, almost all Americans.

This documentary, which is part biography, part history lesson, forms a companion piece to Sun Tzu's The Art of War.

A compare and contrast of films by Robert Aldrich on nuclear war, neo-Vietnam interst in the '80s an cinema as propaganda.

A brief history of Father's Day. Different ways to observe the holiday and 5 unique presents to give the special man in your life.

Early retirement is a two-headed coin: finances and emotions. Actually, the easier of the two is the money.

This article points out the lack of literature on the political history of Texas since the New Deal of the 1930s. Historians have yet to fill in the gaps in our understanding of the political evolution of Texas.