Great Society

Question 1

What was the aim of the GS?

Answer 1

Ending poverty, inequality, reducing crime, improv environm

Question 2

Why had Americans felt empathy?

Answer 2

The assassination of Kennedy

Question 3

Why had Americans felt sympathy?

Answer 3

For Johnson becoming president under difficult circumstances

Question 4

How did Johnson take advantage of their sympathy?

Answer 4

Pushed through civil rights legislation and tax cuts

Question 5

How was Johnson experienced?

Answer 5

Youngest Senate minority leader

Question 6

How were Americans proud of Johnson?

Answer 6

They knew he could get things done and was prepared to back him

Question 7

What had Johnson introduced in March 1964?

Answer 7

Office of Economic Opportunity
Economic Opportunity Act

Question 8

What was the aim of the economic acts?

Answer 8

To help the underprivileged break the poverty cycle

Question 9

How did Johnson break the deprivation cycle for men?

Answer 9

Created a Job Corps for 100,000 disadvantaged men

Question 10

What would the disadvantaged men work on?

Answer 10

Conservation projects
Education and skill training

Question 11

What did Johnson set up for women?

Answer 11

Work training programs for 200,000 women

Question 12

What was the Community Action Program?

Answer 12

Tackling poverty in their own communities

Question 13

How was the Community Action Program utilised?

Answer 13

Women collected data on the biggest local problems
They presented projects to solve them

Question 14

What was Johnson’s quote?

Answer 14

“It will provide a lever to open the door to our prosperity for those who have been kept outside”

Question 15

What 2 main groups were uninsured?

Answer 15

Elderly and poor

Question 16

When had Medicare and Medicaid become law?

Answer 16

1964

Question 17

What did Medicare cover?

Answer 17

Hospital and physician costs for the elderly

Question 18

What did Medicaid cover?

Answer 18

Healthcare costs for people on welfare benefits

Question 19

Who did Project Head Start target?

Answer 19

Low income students

Question 20

What did the Head start project start as?

Answer 20

8 week summer camp for 500,000 child 3-5

Question 21

When was the Elementary and Secondary Education Act?

Answer 21

1965

Question 22

What did the Elementary and Secondary Education Act gurantee?

Answer 22

Federal funding for low income students

Question 23

How was the education federal funding shown?

Answer 23

Funded libraries, textbooks, provided special educ services

Question 24

What had left major cities in poor conditions?

Answer 24

The white majority to suburbs after WW2

Question 25

What did the poor struggle with in housing?

Answer 25

Affordable and dependable houses

Question 26

What did the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 do?

Answer 26

Provided funds to cities for urban development Cities had to have minimum housing standards

Question 27

What was signed in September 1965?

Answer 27

National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act

Question 28

Why was arts and humanities important?

Answer 28

Access to literacy, libraries were beneficial to the poor

Question 29

What did the Arts act fund?

Answer 29

Museums, libraries, radio, tv, archives

Question 30

What did Johnson sign in 1965 for water?

Answer 30

Water Quality Act

Question 31

What did the water act do?

Answer 31

Helped set national water quality standards

Question 32

What was passed for the environment?

Answer 32

Laws to protect wildlife and rivers

Question 33

How was consumer products made safe for kids and adults?

Answer 33

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Question 34

What was passed in October 1965?

Answer 34

The immigration and Naturalization Act

Question 35

What did the immigration act ensure?

Answer 35

Ended the immigration nationality quotas to reunite families

Question 36

Why did some resent the Great Society programme?

Answer 36

Republicans Saw it as gov handouts + should keep out of American's businesses

Question 37

What Nixon date?

Answer 37

1968

Question 38

What did Nixon try to undo?

Answer 38

The Great Society legislation

Question 39

Why did Nixon try to undo the GS?

Answer 39

To reduce costs

Question 40

What was Johnsons success overshadowed by?

Answer 40

Viet war

Question 41

What was Johnson's funds forced to do?

Answer 41

Divert funds to the war in Vietnam

Question 42

How did the Economic Act function?

Answer 42

Through job skills, education, work

Question 43

What did some people believe the GS was encouraging?

Answer 43

To stay on welfare

Question 44

What was the GS criticism particularly vindictive against?

Answer 44

Non-white single parents and young black men

Question 45

Why were single parents criticised?

Answer 45

People thought they were having babies only for the welfare help

Question 46

What had critiques commented about CAP?

Answer 46

They were set up by and for non-whites