Lyndon Johnson Presidency

The President that took over for JFK when he was assassinated was:

• Lyndon Johnson

• Eisenhower

• Richard Nixon

• Jimmy Carter

Johnson's domestic program was called

• New Deal
• Square Deal
• Awesome Society
• Great Society

What Great Society program provided health care to the poor?

• Medicaid
• Medicare

What was the purpose of Johnson's Great Society?

• end poverty

• end drug trafficking

• end lynching

• fix the economy

What was the effect of President Johnson's decisions for the US to be a part of the Vietnam War?

• Johnson was known as an American hero and is one of the best-loved presidents.
• Johnson became unpopular and did not run for re-election.
• Johnson was popular and was re-elected.
• Johnson proved his decisions were worthwhile when the war ended.

This 1963 law that required both men and women to receive equal pay for equal work?

• Civil Rights Act
• Equal Rights Amendment
• Equal Pay Act
• Gender Equality Act

President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act in ...

• 1919

• 1929

• 1964

• 2015

What was the name of LBJ's plan to improve social legislation?

• The New Deal

• The Great Society

• Welfare Programs

• War on Poverty

Why did The Great Society Fail?

• Conservatives did not approve of the welfare programs.

• The programs were too expensive

• The programs did not work

• Funding had to be cut due to the cost of the Vietnam War.

Which part of Vietnam was Communist?

• North

• South

• Neither

• Both