What inspired Johnson's war on poverty was that he knew what it was like to live in poverty from his childhood, and he understood suffering and he believed in social action. He felt that a wealthy, powerful government could and should try to improve the lives of its citizens.
The Economic Opportunity Act came first.
Th Office of Economic Opportunity was created under President Johnson's Great Society Program.
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President Johnson was disliked by many because he used his political power to fight against equal rights for former slaves.
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President Kennedy's domestic agenda was primarily to fight poverty and move ahead in the space race with the Soviet Union. Anti-poverty legislation passed by Congress during his term included Social Security and minimum wage hikes, along with food stamps and the school lunch program.
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When a person acquires skill they are more apt to qualify for jobs that elude them now. With jobs, poverty vanishes.
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Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th United States President, led the fight against the Ku Klux Klan. He served as president from 1869 to 1877.
The Great Society program became Johnson's agenda for Congress in January 1965: aid to education, attack on disease, Medicare, urban renewal, beautification, conservation, development of depressed regions, a wide-scale fight against poverty, control and prevention of crime and delinquency, and the removal of obstacles