Johnson and Nixon Quizizz

What was Johnson's legislative agenda (domestic policy) called?

• Great Society

• New Frontier

• Fair Deal

• Square Deal

What agency was a major part of Johnson's "War on Poverty"?

• Upward Bound

• Job Corps

• VISTA

• Office of Economic Opportunity

Which program is government funded health insurance for the elderly?

• Medicaid

• Head Start

• Medicare

• VISTA

Who became president after JFK?

• Kennedy

• Johnson

• Oswald

• Harvey

What was LBJ's agenda as president?

• to alleviate pressure on the working class

• to alleviate poverty

• to raise taxes

• to establish jim crow laws

President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act in ...

• 1919
• 1929
• 1964
• 2015

Which of the following positions on today’s society would the President likely agree?

• If we are to achieve a Great Society we have to make progress in making sure that all Americans share in the wealth our society produces
• People living in poverty should not expect any help in trying to improve their economic situation
• A persons educational level is not related to their economic success
• We have achieved a Great Society

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

All of the following were goals of the Great Society EXCEPT

• the elimination of poverty
• political reform
• aid to public education
• medical care for older Americans

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