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The Great Society

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 29mins

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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

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

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

True

False

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

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

HUD and CPB

VISTA and Job Corps

NEA and SeniorCare

Medicare and Medicaid

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

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.

The Great Society could be most compared to which previous government program?

The Square Deal

Laissez-Faire

The New Deal

The New Frontier

10.

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

It gave black women the right to vote

It made literacy tests in order to vote illegal

It made Jim Crow Laws illegal

It gave all blacks the right to vote

11.

What Great Society program provided affordable housing?

HUD

HBK

NATO

NAACP

12.

What was the Great Society supposed to end?

State's Rights

Poverty

Corruption

Racial Injustice

13.

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

14.

Which of the following positions on today’s society would President Johnson have likely agreed?

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

15.

Johnson's domestic program was called

New Deal

Square Deal

Welfare

Great Society

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The Great Society

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 29mins

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