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The Great Society was a war on poverty and was led by Lyndon B Johnson. There were several things involved in the Great Society : a. Higher Education Act which allowed more students to attend college from things such as Pell Grants and loans, etc. b. It also included the Water Quality Act which started the testing of water for pollutants and bacteria in the water. c. The Air Quality Act also set standards for industrial and auto emissions. d. The Civil Rights Act outlawed segregation in all public places and facilities. e. Elementary and Secondary Education Act (1965) wanted federal money to be given to bring all schools up to a code and for all schools to have the same quality education. The money was also used for libraries and new technology, special education, adult education, etc. f. The Medical Care Act (1965) was a compulsory system. Each pay check was docked to provide medical care for the elderly and the young. g. The National Endowment For the Arts and Humanities promoted creativity; PBS was born from this program h. The Model Cities Act (1966) made it so the cities could apply for federal aid to clean up slums i. Head Start programs as well as CAP and VISTA was also created. The US now had a form of a welfare system. Poverty levels declined (In 1973, only 11% of the population was under the poverty line). It divided the Democratic Party (Southern democrats were angry about the new Civil Rights Act and started to turn conservative). This plan also created a budget deficit because the U.S could not afford both Vietnam and the Great Society.
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What Great Society programs protected nine million acres of public land from development?
wilderness act
List five of the great society initiatives that have survived to the present?
Elementary and secondary education act Medicare Medicaid Housing and urban development act
Which of these Great Society programs protected nine million acres of public land from development?
wilderness act (a+nywhere)
What were the programs of the Great Society?
tax reduction act medicare act omnibus housing act elementary and secondary education act civil rights act these are just a few of them there are a lot more but I'm to lazy/busy to type them all on here.
Where did the great society start?
the great society actually started in U.S.
How did the great society lead to great protection for consumers?
The great society lead to greater protection for consumers through the passage of the national traffic and motor vehicle safety act.
The Pure Food and Drug Act is one example of many social reforms promoted by Johnson's Great Society?
False. The Pure Food and Drug Act was passed under Theodore Roosevelt, in 1906,, long before the Great Society
How did great society lead to greater protection for consumers?
The great society lead to greater protection for consumers through the passage of the national traffic and motor vehicle safety act.
How did the great society lead to greater protection for consumer?
The great society lead to greater protection for consumers through the passage of the national traffic and motor vehicle safety act.
Civil rights act of 1964 voting rights act of 1965 economic opportunity act of 1964 these were all enacted under which of the following?
Great Society
What were goals of Johnson great society?
The establishment of Medicare The Higher Education Act The War on Poverty
What did president Lyndon Johnson's great society aim to attack?
The Great Society focused on eliminating poverty (War on Poverty) and racial injustice (both Civil Rights Acts and the Voting Rights Act) and overcoming disease (Medicare and Medicaid) and ignorance (Elementary and Secondary Education Act and the Higher Education Act).
List five of the great society initiatives that have survived to the present?
Elementary and secondary education act Medicare Medicaid Housing and urban development act
What Great Society programs protected nine million acres of public land from development?
wilderness act
What happened in the early 1800's to society that sparked the reform movement?
Porbably the Great Reform act of 1832.
Which of these Great Society programs protected nine million acres of public land from development?
wilderness act (a+nywhere)
Was The Pure Food and Drug Act is one example of many social reforms promoted by Johnson's Great Society?
No- this act was passed in 1906 under Theodore Roosevelt.
