PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE GREAT SOCIETY PROGRAM
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Gives the rich too many tax breaks
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Gave the federal government too much power
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Paid too little attention to health care
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Favored rural over urban citizens
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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: -Explanation: The Great Society pursued the evolution introduced by the New Deal of FDR in the thirties. It gave the federal government a greater involvement in the economy and in society. It was also aimed at reducing poverty by contrasting with the traditional market economy that had prevailed before.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the 89th Congress it was estimated that there were 59 liberals and 41 conservatives in the Senate, and 267 liberals and 168 conservatives in the House. Anti-war Democrats complained that spending on the Vietnam War choked off the Great Society.
Detailed explanation-4: -After the momentous achievements of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965, Great Society programs changed the American economic landscape forever, pushing the country in directions of greater equality and opportunity for all its citizens.