USA HISTORY

PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

PRESIDENT LYNDON B JOHNSON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Some started to question the Great Society. You begin to see a conservative backlash in America. This party will rise to power in the following years because of that backlash ____
A
Democrates
B
Republicans
C
Liberals
D
Progressives
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Legacy of the Great Society 13 The Act provided better access to home mortgages and a rent-subsidy program. Johnson’s Great Society policies birthed Medicare, Medicaid, the Older Americans Act, and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965. All of which remain government programs in 2021.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: One lasting effect of the Great Society would be Medicare and Medicaid. The former provides health care for the elderly, while the latter provides health care for those living below the poverty line.

Detailed explanation-3: -Anti-war Democrats complained that spending on the Vietnam War choked off the Great Society. While some of the programs have been eliminated or had their funding reduced, many of them, including Medicare, Medicaid, the Older Americans Act and federal education funding, continue to the present.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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