Kennedy, Johnson, Ford

Which of the following was a major part of Johnson’s Great Society?

• a tax increase

• aid to foreign countries

• health care legislation

• reductions in antipoverty programs

Several of the important decisions of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren focused on

• medical care for the poor and elderly

• continuing segregation policies in American public schools

• declaring Great Society legislation unconstitutional

• protecting the constitutional rights of citizen accused of crimes

Which of the following best describes the major guiding principle behind the foreign policies of Kennedy and Johnson?

• to keep European nations out of Latin America

• to stifle Asian trade to benefit European trade

• to make peace with the Soviet Union

• to increase the number of immigrants from northern and western Europe

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

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

This provided low-cost medical insurance to people over 65

• Medicaid

• Medicare

• Head Start

• VISTA

What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 enable federal officers to do?

• register voters

• oversee the collection of poll taxes

• oversee programs to test voter literacy

• recount votes

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

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