All of this milestone legislation was passed as part of a) the eisenhower doctrine b) john f. kennedy's "new frontier" c) richard nixon's "silent majority" d) lyndon b. johnson's "great society"

D) Lyndon B. Johnson's "Great Society"

Explanation:

In his first year in office, Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) initiated a program of social reforms that as a whole are known as the Great Society and that was based on two central objectives: ending poverty and racial injustice. The President sought to transform the country through a series of important reforms. In 1964, Johnson got Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act and a $ 10 billion reduction in taxes, which produced an increase in investment capital and personal consumption. As a result, the economy grew and the budget deficit narrowed.

explanation: we can only guess at how our actions may be perceived in the future. doing something really big like killing lots of people, saving lots of people, affecting the lives of lots of people is a sure fire way of being remembered in historical records. we can also make a difference in the history records by being a small influence on something bigger, whether that is as a civil servant, scientist or artist.

of course you could argue that we all affect history just as tiny cogs in a   bigger machine.

if you mean how do people influence our opinions of things which have already happened, then simply by writing a book which looks at things form a different perspective and trying to convince people that this perspective is more accurate or truthful. people do it all the time i.e. richard the third was a terrible or was he? plenty would disagree, it's just that their views aren't the most widely known.n: