PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE GREAT SOCIETY PROGRAM
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a third party
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factions
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consensus
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a coalition
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Detailed explanation-1: -Johnson’s leadership style fit into the category of the Transactional Leadership Theory. LBJ often made transactions with his followers in order to end up with a mutually beneficial result. His famous method of convincing others to view things the way he wanted them to was dubbed as “the Johnson Treatment”.
Detailed explanation-2: -Johnson labeled his ambitious domestic agenda “The Great Society.” The most dramatic parts of his program concerned bringing aid to underprivileged Americans, regulating natural resources, and protecting American consumers.
Detailed explanation-3: -Johnson Promotes His Great Society Programs, Seeking to “encourage an increase in anti-poverty efforts.” The Great Society was a set of domestic programs promoted by President Johnson in the 1960s. Two main goals of the Great Society social reforms were the elimination of poverty and racial injustice.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Wilderness Protection Act saved 9.1 million acres of forestland from industrial development. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act provided major funding for American public schools. The Voting Rights Act banned literacy tests and other discriminatory methods of denying suffrage to African Americans.