LBJ Flashcards
1
Q
Programs that LBJ created
A
Food Stamps, Head Start, Job Corps, Medicare & Medicaid (what did they do?) Helped the poor be raised to the middle class and get out of poverty
2
Q
When and how did LBJ become president?
A
After JFK’s assassination in 1963
3
Q
How many millions of Americans lived in poverty before the ‘Great Society’?
A
35 million
4
Q
Why were they overlooked by politicians?
A
Because they didn’t vote or participate in politics
5
Q
How did LBJ define the ‘Great Society’?
A
He wants greater quality of life for poor and everyone
