PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE GREAT SOCIETY PROGRAM
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increase in murder rate
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increase in teenage pregnancy & venereal disease
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decrease in professional occupations for African-Americans
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All of the Above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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. The main goal was the total elimination of poverty and racial injustice.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Since the 1960s, Sowell has been in favor of the free-market economic theory. The major themes and philosophies of Sowell’s writing range from the social policy on race, ethnic groups, education, and decision-making, to classical and Marxist economics and more.