The Great Society

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

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

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President Johnson's success in getting many of former President Kennedy's programs passed through Congress was due in part to: his successful policy Vietnam, his experience and skill as a politician, his lack of desire to help less fortunate people, the support of his hand picked cabinet.

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his experience and skill as a politician

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True or False: President Johnson signed both the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act during his time in the White House.

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True

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Which of the following statements best connects Johnson’s Great Society to President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal? Options: 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

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The Great Society sought, like the New Deal, to improve the lives of Americans facing economic hardships.

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Some critics complained that the Great Society programs

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gave the federal government too much power

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Names of the Great Society Programs that provide health insurance to the elderly and covers low income people with medical needs?

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Medicare and Medicaid

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Which of the following groups was intended to benefit the most from the Great Society programs? Options: Minorities and the poor, White, middle-class families, Farmers and laborers, Businessmen

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Minorities and the poor

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What was one result of the Great Society?

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the lives of many underprivileged Americans improved.

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The Great Society could be most compared to which previous government program? Options: The Square Deal, Laissez-Faire, The New Deal, The New Frontier

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The New Deal

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What was the purpose of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

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It made literacy tests in order to vote illegal.