PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
PRESIDENT LYNDON B JOHNSON
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Question
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Why was fighting poverty important to Lyndon B. Johnson?
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He taught in a school where the students had very few books and few teachers.
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He grew up in an area where people did not have food or good homes.
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Johnson’s family did not have electricty or running water.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The war on poverty is the unofficial name for legislation first introduced by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during his State of the Union address on January 8, 1964. This legislation was proposed by Johnson in response to a national poverty rate of around nineteen percent.
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.
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