PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
PRESIDENT LYNDON B JOHNSON
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to increase the amount of aid given to third world countries
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to prevent the spread of communism
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to preserve the environment by creating national parks
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to help the poorest Americans
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Great Society was a set of domestic policy initiatives, programs, and legislation introduced in the 1960s in the U.S. These Great Society programs were intended to reduce poverty levels, reduce racial injustice, reduce crime, and improve the environment.
Detailed explanation-3: -Major initiatives The Office of Economic Opportunity was the agency responsible for administering most of the war on poverty programs created during Johnson’s Administration, including VISTA, Job Corps, Head Start, Legal Services and the Community Action Program.
Detailed explanation-4: -What is the main reason so many Great Society programs became law during the Johnson presidency? a. The Democrats had a supermajority in Congress and passed many of the bills Johnson proposed.