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PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

THE GREAT SOCIETY PROGRAM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
“In your time we have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society. The Great society rests on abundance and liberty for all. It demands an end to poverty and racial injustice, to which we are totally committed in our time ____ “-Lyndon B. Johnson, May 1964In an effort to accomplish these goals, the Johnson administration ____ (CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY)
A
Expanded educational funding
B
Expanded civil rights legislation
C
Expanded welfare programs
D
Expanded a wall along the US-Mexico border
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Johnson declared that the government, working with a citizenry motivated to improve community life, had to make cities more livable, protect the natural environment, and provide education that gave all citizens regardless of race or class the chance to rise in society and find meaning in life.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Great Society is a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and to enlarge his talents. It is a place where leisure is a welcome chance to build and reflect, not a feared cause of boredom and restlessness.

Detailed explanation-3: -Johnson, Commencement Address at the University of Michigan (“Great Society” Speech), May 22, 1964.

Detailed explanation-4: -Joshua Zeitz, a Politico Magazine contributing editor, is the author of Building the Great Society: Inside Lyndon Johnson’s White House .

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