Midterm

Before 1965, many southern states had laws that kept__________ from voting.

• women

• African Americans

• elderly people

• white men

President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act. Because of this, the number of African Americans voted into political offices of decreased significantly.

• True

• False

Part of Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society was to 

• end poverty in America and provide Education to all
• prevent the mistreatment of migrant workers
• require migrant workers to work for multiple farmers
• prevent the desegregation of schools in America

Lyndon Johnson's plan for improving America was called the

• New Frontier

• Fair Deal

• Great Society

• New Deal

This law created job training programs as well as starting the War on Poverty. It passed in 1964. It was called the

• Economic Opportunity Act

• Medical Care Act

• Elementary & Secondary Education Act

• Voting Rights Act

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.

These provided free or low-cost medical insurance to welfare recipients and most Americans age 65 and over.  

• Civil Rights Services

• Privatization of Medicine

• Medicare and Medicaid

• Equal Insurance Policy (EIP)

What kind of society did President Lyndon B. Johnson envision when he created the Great Society programs?

• one that ensured access to justice, education, decent housing, and health care for all Americans

• on that emphasized that all people are equal only in the eyes of God

• one in which extremism in the defense of liberty is encouraged 

• one that made separate schools for black and white children truly equal

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