As president, he signed a sweeping Civil Rights Act and pushed through Medicare and Medicaid as part of his Great Society program.
This man rode around in a helicopter dubbed the "Windmill" in a senate campaign that he won by 87 votes, thus defeating Coke Stevenson and earning the ironic nickname "Landslide." In the Senate, he perfected a strategy of intimidation that involved standing uncomfortably close known as "The Treatment." As president, he signed a sweeping Civil Rights Act and pushed through Medicare and Medicaid as part of his Great Society program. For 10 points, name this president who defeated Barry Goldwater in the 1964 election and succeeded John F. Kennedy.
This man rode around in a helicopter dubbed the "Windmill" in a senate campaign that he won by 87 votes, thus defeating Coke Stevenson and earning the ironic nickname "Landslide."
Lyndon Johnson [or LBJ; prompt on Johnson]