Homework Check 15.3

Match the following

• Poverty

• President Johnson felt that a wealthy government should try to improve the lives of its citizens and declared a war on ____________ .

• Education

• The new cabinet created during the Johnson administration was the Department of _________ .

• Housing and Urban Development

• Lyndon Johnson's Project __________  funded a preschool program for the disadvantaged.

• Head Start

• The Elementary and Secondary ___________  Act of 1965 granted millions of dollars to public and private schools.

What did President Johnson call his vision of the more perfect and equitable society that the United States could and should become?

• the New Deal

• the New Frontier

• the Great Society

• the Fair Deal

Which group offered work-study programs to help underprivileged young men and women earn a high school diploma or college degree?

• Upward bound Corps

• Neighborhood Youth Corps

• Peace Corps

• Job Corps

At Johnson's urging, what agency did Congress set up in 1964 to coordinate programs aimed at improving life for inner city residents?

• Medicare

• Project Head Start

• Department of Housing and Urban Development

• Office of Economic Opportunity

Which Great Society program was a comprehensive health insurance program for all senior citizens?

• Medicare

• VISTA

• Model Cities

• Upward Bound

Johnson's goals for a better America were supported by

• the failure of business to create enough jobs.

• the prosperity resulting from the strong economy.

• the success of unions in organizing workers.

• the hardship caused by the slumping economy.