Great Society

Which program had the greatest impact on reducing poverty?

• Medicare

• Job Corps

• War on Poverty

• Medicaid

What was the name of President Lyndon Johnson's plan to end poverty in America?

• New Frontier

• Great Society

• Square Deal

• New Deal

The term "Great Society" came to represent

• the glamorous image fo the Kennedy Administration

• the antion's anti-communist agenda

• Michael Harrington's affluent society

• the domestic programs of the Johnson Administration

What kind of society did President Johnson envision when he created the Great Society programs?

• one the ensured access to justice, education, decent housing, and health care for all Americans

• one that emphasized that all people are equal only in the eyes of God

• one that sympathized with the less fortunate but strictly limited government's role in helping them

• one that made separate schools for black and white children truly equal

Which of the following positions on today’s society would President Johnson have likely agreed?

• If we are to achieve a Great Society we have to make progress in making sure that all Americans share in the wealth our society produces

• People living in poverty should not expect any help in trying to improve their economic situation

• A persons educational level is not related to their economic success

• We have achieved a Great Society

Which of the following statements best connects Johnson’s Great Society to President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal?

• The Great Society had no connection to the New Deal

• The Great Society sought, like the New Deal, to improve the lives of Americans facing economic hardships.

• The Great Society was created to solve problems created by the New Deal

• The Great Society and the New Deal were both ideas of the Republican Party

This law eliminated discrimination in all public places. It was passed in 1964. It was the

• Economic Opportunity Act

• Civil Rights Act

• Voting Rights Act

• Medical Care Act

What eventually take precedence over the Great Society programs?

• War in Vietnam

• Korean War

• World War II

• Gulf War

Rachel Carson is associated with what part of the Great Society?

• Environmental protections on clean water

• Head Start

• Food Stamps

• NEA

What year was Medicare signed into law?

• 1964

• 1965

• 1963

• 1966