PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE GREAT SOCIETY PROGRAM
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Conservative Reform
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The Second New Deal
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The War on Poverty
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The Great Society
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Great Society was a set of domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964–65. The term was first coined during a 1964 commencement address by President Lyndon B. Johnson at the University of Michigan and came to represent his domestic agenda.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.