U.S. Top. 9.5 Great Society

Senator Barry Goldwater

• ran as Lyndon B. Johnson's running mate in the presidential election of 1964
• claimed that he was the person who came up with the idea for the Great Society programs
• headed the commission that investigated the assassination of President Kennedy
• suggested using nuclear weapons to end the war in Vietnam

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

What was one result of the Great Society?

• Poverty was eliminated in the United States.

• the lives of many underprivileged Americans improved.

• President Johnson's popularity plummeted.

• The federal government shrank considerably.

What Great Society program provided affordable housing?

• HUD
• HBK
• NATO
• NAACP

Johnson's domestic program was called

• 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

The purpose of Medicaid was to provide health care to which group of Americans?

• The elderly

• Immigrants

• Republicans

• Low-income individuals and families

The Great Society could be most compared to which previous government program?

• The Square Deal

• Laissez-Faire

• The New Deal

• The New Frontier