PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
PRESIDENT LYNDON B JOHNSON
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It created jobs through federal spending on infrastructure projects such as the interstate highway system.
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It delegated the responsibility of poverty control to the state and local governments.
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It increased the federal government’s involvement in education and health care.
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It established a higher minimum wage for all jobs in America.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The forty programs established by the Act were collectively aimed at eliminating poverty by improving living conditions for residents of low-income neighborhoods and by helping the poor access economic opportunities long denied from them.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Great Society was an ambitious series of policy initiatives, legislation and programs spearheaded by President Lyndon B. Johnson with the main goals of ending poverty, reducing crime, abolishing inequality and improving the environment.
Detailed explanation-3: -Federal funds were sent to struggling communities to attack unemployment and illiteracy. As he campaigned in 1964, Johnson declared a “war on poverty.” He challenged Americans to build a “Great Society” that eliminated the troubles of the poor.