Lyndon B. Johnson's Childhood Experiences In Texas

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In conclusion, LBJ was truly a one of a kind Texan shaped by his home state in many ways. Texas had shaped Lyndon B. Johnson’s childhood experiences in the Texas hill country, his experience as a teacher, and his experience has a US senator from Texas. Lyndon B. Johnson used his childhood experiences to mold some of the techniques that he was famous for like the Johnson treatment to get people to see things his way and his liberal philosophy, which later led him to be a delegate to the people of Texas on Capitol Hill. As a teacher, Lyndon B. Johnson experienced the racism that society inflicted on minorities through Latino children who lacked school equipment along with basic needs such as hygiene. As a US senator, Lyndon B. Johnson learned
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