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2007 (B) - #1: Evaluate the extent to which the policies of President Lyndon B. Johnson were caused by the social, economic, and political problems of the United States.

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The policies were caused by social, political and economical challenges of the United States because they aimed at eliminating poverty to reduce wealthy gap, signing of conservation measures into law and supporting South Vietnamese to take over the fight.

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L.B.Johnson was the 36th president of the United States of America. He advocated for the right of the minority to vote, buy homes and attend school with the whites. Such policies facilitated the adoption and implementation of current programs such as Medicaid and Medicare which target the less wealth in the society. His policies further tackled social and economic problems in the society because during his time, unemployment rate fell and gross domestic product was boosted. Politically, he increased the defense budget in 1968 to support American troops in Vietnam.

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