Lyndon B. Johnson Trivia

LYNDON B. JOHNSON TRIVIA

1) Lyndon B. Johnson was the ____ president of the United States.

Lyndon B. Johnson, often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969.

2) What was Johnson's middle name?

BAINES BEGLAU BYERS BOYD

Baines was his mother's maiden name.

3) How long did Johnson date Claudia "Lady Bird" Taylor before proposing marriage?

HE PROPOSED ON THE FIRST DATE 10 MONTHS 10 DAYS 10 WEEKS

After a friend in Austin introduced her to Johnson, Lady Bird recalled having felt "like a moth drawn to a flame". Biographer Randall B. Woods attributes Johnson's "neglect of his legal studies" to his courting of Lady Bird. On their first date, at the Driskill Hotel, Lyndon proposed. Lady Bird did not want to rush into marriage, but he was persistent. Ten weeks later, Lady Bird accepted his proposal, and the couple married on November 17, 1934, at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in San Antonio, Texas.

4) Before he entered the world of politics, Johnson was a _______.

JOURNALIST TEACHER ACCOUNTANT LAND SURVEYOR

Though Johnson would soon turn his attention to politics, heading to Washington as a congressional aide in 1931, his experience as a teacher at Sam Houston High School in Houston left a lasting impression.

5) What award did LBJ receive for his actions in the South Pacific during World War II?

NAVY CROSS PURPLE HEART SILVER STAR BRONZE STAR

In addition to the Silver Star, Johnson received the American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.

6) What political party was LBJ affiliated with when he became president?

PROGRESSIVE PARTY LIBERTARIAN PARTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY REPUBLICAN PARTY

A Democrat from Texas, Johnson had previously served as a United States Representative, as the Majority Leader in the United States Senate, and as 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963.

7) Whose death made LBJ president?

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT JOHN F. KENNEDY DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER HARRY S. TRUMAN

Johnson was quickly sworn in as President on Air Force One in Dallas on November 22, 1963, just 2 hours and 8 minutes after John F. Kennedy was assassinated. He and the Secret Service were concerned that he could also be a target of a conspiracy, and felt compelled to rapidly remove the new president from Dallas and return him to Washington. This was greeted by some with assertions that Johnson was in too much haste to assume power.

8) What did LBJ declare war on in his first State of the Union address?

COMMUNISM CRIME POVERTY DRUGS

Johnson declared an "unconditional war" on poverty in the United States, announcing that "Our aim is not only to relieve the symptoms of poverty, but to cure it and, above all, to prevent it." He spearheaded legislation creating Medicare and Medicaid, expanding Social Security, making the food stamps program permanent and establishing Job Corps, the VISTA program, the federal work-study program, the Head Start program and Title I subsidies for poor school districts.

9) Lyndon B. Johnson was the first U.S. president to ________.

BE SWORN IN BY A WOMAN GIVE A TELEVISED NEWS CONFERENCE USE THE SITUATION ROOM HAVE BEEN A BOY SCOUT

He was sworn in by U.S. District Judge Sarah T. Hughes, a family friend.

10) What was the name of Lyndon B. Johnson's domestic agenda?

"THE DIVINE SOCIETY""THE GREAT SOCIETY""THE ENLIGHTENED SOCIETY""THE GOOD SOCIETY"

Johnson wanted a catchy slogan to sum up his domestic agenda for the 1964 campaign. Eric Goldman, who joined the White House in December of that year, thought Johnson's domestic program was best captured in the title of Walter Lippman's book, The Good Society. Richard Goodwin tweaked it to "The Great Society" and incorporated the idea into a speech for Johnson in May 1964 at the University of Michigan. It encompassed movements of urban renewal, modern transportation, clean environment, anti-poverty, healthcare reform, crime control, and educational reform.