Chapter 5 - Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson grew up in an unhappy family and was also depressed. After dropping out of college the first time he eventually attended San Marcos state teacher’s college. Johnson was never popular from college to his early politician life. As Kennedy was assassinated and Johnson took over his first words to the people were “Let us continue.” It was a difficult job because he had to assure stability to every American. He was never voted in, so he carried out Kennedy’s ideas and plans, not his own. A civil rights bill was one issue that Johnson had to worry about. In 1964, the public approval rate was 70 percent.