Homework Check 15.3

Match the following

• Poverty

• President Johnson felt that a wealthy government should try to improve the lives of its citizens and declared a war on ____________ .

• Head Start

• Lyndon Johnson's Project __________  funded a preschool program for the disadvantaged.

• Education

• The Elementary and Secondary ___________  Act of 1965 granted millions of dollars to public and private schools.

• Housing and Urban Development

• The new cabinet created during the Johnson administration was the Department of _________ .

What did President Johnson call his vision of the more perfect and equitable society that the United States could and should become?

• the New Deal

• the New Frontier

• the Great Society

• the Fair Deal

Which group offered work-study programs to help underprivileged young men and women earn a high school diploma or college degree?

• Upward bound Corps

• Neighborhood Youth Corps

• Peace Corps

• Job Corps

At Johnson's urging, what agency did Congress set up in 1964 to coordinate programs aimed at improving life for inner city residents?

• Medicare

• Project Head Start

• Department of Housing and Urban Development

• Office of Economic Opportunity

Which Great Society program was a comprehensive health insurance program for all senior citizens?

• Medicare

• VISTA

• Model Cities

• Upward Bound

Johnson's goals for a better America were supported by

• the failure of business to create enough jobs.

• the prosperity resulting from the strong economy.

• the success of unions in organizing workers.

• the hardship caused by the slumping economy.