New Frontier and Great Society CH. 24

Question 1

What was the name given to domestic policies that Lyndon Johnson wanted to create as president

Answer 1

Great Society

Question 2

List the 5 categories in which discrimination was outlawed in the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Answer 2

Race, religion, color, gender, national origin

Question 3

What dose VISTA stand for

Answer 3

Volunteer in Service to America

Question 4

What did VISTA do

Answer 4

provided needed resources/services to communities to lift them out of poverty

Question 5

What did the Immigration Act of 1965 remove from the 1920 US Immigration Laws

Answer 5

The Quota System

Question 6

This is a Federal Insurance Program for people over 65/younger people with disabilities

Answer 6

Medicare

Question 7

State and Federal government program that provides health insurance to children/adults with limited income

Answer 7

Medicaid

Question 8

Republican candidate for president in 1964:

Answer 8

Barry Goldwater

Question 9

Government programs that guarantees certain benefits to particular group of the population

Answer 9

Entitlement programs

Question 10

What were some entitlement programs

Answer 10

Medicaid/Medicare

Question 11

Medicare:

Answer 11

Federal Insurance Program for people over 65/younger people with disabilities

Question 12

Medicaid:

Answer 12

State and Federal government program that provides health insurance to children/adults with limited income

Question 13

What year was the election of Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater

Answer 13

1964

Question 14

Gov. program that provides early childhood education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement services to low income families/children

Answer 14

Head-Start Program

Question 15

Provided Federal Gov. funding to schools to help with professional development and instructional materials/resources

Answer 15

Elementary and Secondary Educational Acts

Question 16

Federal Agency that addresses nations housing needs and created fair housing laws

Answer 16

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Question 17

Federal program that offers free education/ vocational training to young peoples ages 16-24

Answer 17

Job Corps

Question 18

Head-Start Program

Answer 18

Gov. program that provides early childhood education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement services to low income families/children

Question 19

Elementary and Secondary Educational Acts

Answer 19

Provided Federal Gov. funding to schools to help with professional development and instructional materials/resources

Question 20

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Answer 20

Federal Agency that addresses nations housing needs and created fair housing laws

Question 21

Job Corps

Answer 21

Federal program that offers free education/ vocational training to young peoples ages 16-24

Question 22

What age group did the Job Corps offer free education/vocational training to

Answer 22

16-24

Question 23

Economic Opportunity Act

Answer 23

Attacked the roots of unemployment and poverty in America

Question 24

What are some current problems with Medicare

Answer 24

Cost have been expanding too fast which has given rise to more dept

Question 25

What problems do critics of The Great Society say exist today?

Answer 25

Argue that programs didn’t end poverty and made a culture of dependency and a permanent “lowerclass”

Question 26

What did The Great Society programs support

Answer 26

Education

Question 27

Where did Lyndon Johnson take oath after the assassination

Answer 27

In the cabin of Air Force One

Question 28

Civil Rights Bill

Answer 28

Johnson’s continuation of Kennedy’s ideas to fight segregation