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The war on poverty was not a military engagement- it refers to the new federal programs designed to combat poverty under the Lyndon Johnson administration.

I can't think of any previous programs of similar nature that were called wars.

Since then there is the war on drugs.

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This was a term for the social programs of the Lyndon Johnson administration such as TAP (Total Action against Poverty .

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This was a term for the social programs of the Lyndon Johnson administration such as TAP (Total Action against Poverty .

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This was a term for the social programs of the Lyndon Johnson administration such as TAP (Total Action against Poverty .

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A program for economic progress (Apex)
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Thanks ymmrs
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A program for economic progress.

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A government program to help poor American. APEX

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APEX US History

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A government program to help poor Americans-apex

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i dont even know anymore
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i had a stroke just looking at this

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a program for economic progress

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