What efforts did Johnson take to expand civil rights?
Lyndon B. Johnson took office right after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, and he continued with the civil rights cause as a legacy to the former president. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964 <em>(which prohibited segregation in public facilities, such as transportation and schools, and racial discrimination in employment and education),</em> and transmitted the ceremony through television so the entire country could see it, afterwards he signed the Voting Rights Act<em> (which protected the rights of African Americans to vote)</em>. This contributed significantly to the civil rights.
What were the goals of Johnson's Great Society?
The Great Society was a collection of domestic programs, legislations and policy initiatives. <em>The main goals were to reduce violence and crime, to reduce poverty, to create a better environment, to end with inequality and to improve the quality of life by creating health care systems. </em>
What methods did Johnson use to get his reforms passed?
<em>President Lyndon Johnson's main method to get his reforms passed was to publicly propose his Great Society plan during an address delivered at the Ohio University,</em> where he urged Congress to pass the proposed legislation, and urged the wealthy class to support this causes. He called for the nation's support to create a Great Society.
The Watergate break-in started when a group of men, known as the "plumbers," broke into the Democratic headquarters. They were arrested for this break-in.
Shortly after this two reporters from the Washington Post (Woodward and Bernstein) found that the current US president, Richard Nixon, might have been involved in ordering this break-in. Their confidential source provided details on how Nixon was involved.
Nixon denied these claims. However, a full scale investigation was launched. During this investigation, the court ordered Nixon to hand over recorded conversations from his office in the White House. He refused, was brought to court, and the Supreme Court ruled that he must turn over the recorded conversations.
These tapes showed Nixon's guilty, causing him to resign shortly after the court case.
Settlers did things like occupy and degrade popular hunting grounds or water sources. Like if a settler built a house and barn and fences somewhere, it might ruin the place as a hunting ground because the animals might shy away from it. A fence in a pasture might block and annoy a Native American who was traveling across that area. In some cases, settlers unknowingly violated taboos. Like maybe they cut down trees from a holy grove to use for timber or firewood.
