THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
JOHN F KENNEDY AND THE COLD WAR
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to end the Cold War
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to end segregation
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to help out elderly people.
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the war on poverty
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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: -Introduction. “Our aim is not only to relieve the symptom of poverty, but to cure it and, above all, to prevent it. No single piece of legislation, however, is going to suffice.” Fifty years ago, President Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty.
Detailed explanation-3: -Federal funds were sent to struggling communities to attack unemployment and illiteracy. As he campaigned in 1964, Johnson declared a “war on poverty.” He challenged Americans to build a “Great Society” that eliminated the troubles of the poor.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.