The Great Society

What is not one of the three things Lyndon B. Johnson included in his speech about "The Great Society?"

• "There was too much legislation about government programs."

• "It is becoming harder and harder to live the good life in American cities today."

• "A second place place where we begin to build the Great Society is in our countryside."

• "Poverty must not be a bar to learning, and learning must offer an escape from poverty."

Using your handout, "Major Great Society Programs," which is not a law passed by the Johnson Administration?

• Vocational Education Act

• Brain Surgery Act

• Criminal Justice Act of 1964

• Child Protection Act of 1966

According to Joseph A. Califano, Jr., the __________ _____________ program "served more than 16 million preschoolers in just about every city and county in the nation and today serves 800,000 children a year..."

• Medicare-Medicaid

• Voting Rights

• Head Start

• The Environment

According to Thomas Sowell, the government programs that came out of LBJ's great society caused "Rates of _________ ________ crime, including murder" to skyrocket.

• governmental housing

• housing projects

• teenage pregnancy

• violent crime

I would rate Mr. Sahara's class today as:

• Over it

• What? He taught us something?

• Boring as usual

• He tries too hard to be cool... and he fails!

• Very interesting!