The Great Soceity

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

• one that 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 in which extremism in the defense of liberty is encouraged

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

This created the Job Corps, VISTA, and Project Head Start in an effort to fight the “war on poverty”

• Civil Rights Act
• Economic Opportunity Act 
• Pendleton Service Act
• Warren Court 

What Great Society program provided affordable housing?

• HUD
• HBK
• NATO
• NAACP

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

Johnson's domestic program was called the

• New Deal

• Square Deal

• Welfare

• Great Society

Some critics complained that the Great Society programs

• gave the rich too many tax breaks
• gave the federal government too much power
• paid too little attention to health care
• favored rural over urban citizens

This is a pre-school program  for low-income children

• Medicaid
• Kindergarten
• Head Start
• Medicare

Names of the Great Society Programs that provide health insurance to the elderly and covers low income people with medical needs?

• HUD and CPB
• VISTA and Job Corps
• NEA and SeniorCare
• Medicare and Medicaid

Which of the following groups was intended to benefit the most from the Great Society programs?

• Minorities and the poor
• White, middle-class families
• Farmers and laborers
• Businessmen

Which event drew attention away from the success of  the Great Society?

• Vietnam War
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Bay of Pigs
• U2 Spy Incident