THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
JOHN F KENNEDY AND THE COLD WAR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Medicare
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the Civil Rights Act
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the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
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the Economic Opportunity Act
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Detailed explanation-1: -The forty programs established by the Act were collectively aimed at eliminating poverty by improving living conditions for residents of low-income neighborhoods and by helping the poor access economic opportunities long denied from them.
Detailed explanation-2: -Education, civil rights, healthcare, and education were four important items on Johnson’s agenda. These policies established greater civil and voting rights, greater environmental protections, and increased aid to public schools.
Detailed explanation-3: -Throughout the Johnson and Nixon administrations, the War on Poverty-and the Great Society more broadly-laid the foundation for our modern-day safety net, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, formerly known as food stamps; Medicare; Medicaid; Head Start; and expanded Social Security.