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Essay #2: Martin Luther King observed that President Johnson's desire to end poverty and provide economic opportunity for all Americans was "shot down on the battlefields of Vietnam." Do you agree with King's statement? why or why not? - correct answer The War on Poverty is the unofficial name...
Essay #2: Martin Luther King observed that President Johnson's desire to end poverty and provide
economic opportunity for all Americans was "shot down on the battlefields of Vietnam." Do you agree
with King's statement? why or why not? - correct answer The War on Poverty is the unofficial name
for legislation first introduced by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during his State of the
Union address on Wednesday, January 8, 1964. This was part of his larger plan, called the Great Society.
Johnson envisioned the country would become more equal and just. He say the apparent poverty in
America a societal failure that could be changed with correct legislation. At the same time, the Vietnam
war surged on millions of miles away. Johnson was determined to win the war, and deployed 500000
troops in 1968 to South Vietnam to fight. Also in America at this time, the civil rights movement was in
full swing, with one of the most prominent leaders being Martin Luther King Jr.. King expressed him
dissent for Johnson's involvement in the war in the speech "A Time to Break Silence", where he stated 5
demands of the US government in the war, including a ceasefire. In this speech he outlines how America
is silent, how they sit idly by and watch America institute military law in Vietnam. I agree with King's
statement. Johnson deployed these troops into a war zone, not even seeing the end and having no idea
what could happen. Martin Luther King along with other leaders such as Gandhi, express the need to
things to change, but propose the core principles of nonviolence, love and reconciliation. There was a
problem in Vietnam, but it can be questioned if the solution is more fighting and bloodshed. Johnson
was so focused on the war and poverty simultaneously that he deployed so much strength in the war
and seemed to forget about the Americans struggling at home.
Essay #3: - correct answer One historian has argued that President Truman was at least partly
responsible for McCarthyism and the popular obsession with communist subversion that gripped the
United States in the late 1940s and 1950s. Discuss your reasons for either agreeing or disagreeing with
that charge.
I believe you could rightfully say Truman was partially responsible for the violently anti communist
mindset in America during the 1950s and 1960s. Truman, for the most part, didn't do much about
McCarthy. In letters to his officials, he talks about his stupidity, but he never declared anything publicly.
The problem with that is his silence bred popularity. Truman was also busy fighting communism
aggressively across the world. Truman being staunchly anti communist, inset appeared similar to
mcCarthy's. Although McCarthy's actions may not have been validated, they did spread awareness of
Communism in America to a rather extreme amount.
The Laws Truman established were also similar to mcCarthyism. The legislation Truman had enacted
fought against exactly what McCarthy had claimed their was.... Communists in America. In 1947 Truman
signed an executive order that screened all federal employees for communist roots. He also promoted
the use of House Un-american activities committee for screening. Even before that, the Alien
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