The Great Society

The Great Society

9th - 12th Grade

21 Qs

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The Great Society

The Great Society

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9th - 12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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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."

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

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.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Johnson's domestic program was called

New Deal
Square Deal
Welfare
Great Society

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Medicaid
Kindergarten
Head Start
Medicare

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