THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
JOHN F KENNEDY AND THE COLD WAR
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. The programs were creating an poorer group of people dependent on welfare and the government and wasted taxpayers money
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The programs did not address the need to protect the environment.
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The programs allowed too many immigrants to enter the country and drive down wages.
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The programs failed to protect consumers from unhealthy food and unsafe vehicles.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which statement best summarizes the result of the Great Society programs? Some programs succeeded, but others failed to achieve results.
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: -The Conception and Promotion of the Economic Opportunity Act The EOA was the centerpiece of Johnson’s War on Poverty and has been remembered as “the most dramatic and highly publicized of the Great Society’s programs” (Levitan 1969, p. 3).
Detailed explanation-4: -The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was part of Lyndon B. Johnson’s “Great Society” reform package-the largest social improvement agenda by a President since FDR’s “New Deal.” Here, Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act into law before a large audience at the White House.