Lyndon Johnson is the only president to take the oath of office in the conference room of _____ _____ _____ .
Starts with
B
Great Society Legacy: Medicare increased the national debt, due to technology costs, Congress adding more items covered, & _____ _____ aged
Starts with
C
Michael Harrington’s book, The Other America, argued that certain groups in America had a _____ of poverty, or an absence of thrift, striving, and self-support.
Starts with
D
Great Society Legacy: Some argue that these programs foster a culture of _____ , & that people become reliant on government programs.
Starts with
E
The Elementary & Secondary _____ Act was a Great Society program that led to Title I, a program that provided money to schools with poverty-stricken families.
Starts with
F
Johnson was the most effective leader in the Senate because he gained consensus by using _____ , twisting arms, bargaining, flattering, and threatening.
Starts with
G
The _____ _____ included 60 programs and was created by Lyndon Johnson & Congress after the 1964 election.
Starts with
H
One Great Society program was E.S.E.A., which created _____ _____ , a program for pre-school kids in poor families, designed to break the cycle of poverty.
Starts with
I
_____ _____ of 1965 was a Great Society program that ended the policy of taking people mostly from northern European and, instead, started taking people from African and Asia.
Starts with
J
_____ _____ was an EOA program that helped young people from low social economic status, using work centers to teach reading and technical training.
Contains
K
Lyndon Johnson's Great Society was based on arguments from Michael Harrington’s _____ , The Other America, which detailed the lives of people in poverty.
Starts with
L
Lyndon Johnson was the most effective _____ in Senate history, evidenced by his ability to gain consensus in government, using favors, arm twisting, bargaining, flattering, and threats.
Starts with
M
_____ was a Great Society program that allowed the elderly to afford health insurance.
Starts with
N
Michael Harrington’s book, The Other America, challenged the assumption that the _____ _____ ended poverty.
Starts with
O
The Economic _____ Act was created by Lyndon Johnson & Congress to help inner-city Americans with unemployment and illiteracy.
Starts with
P
“Unfortunately, many Americans live on the outskirts of hope," said Johnson, during his State of the Union address, "so this administration declares a war on _____ .”
Starts with
Q
Immigration Act of 1965 replaced the national-origins _____ _____ from 1924, now accepting immigrants who 1) are relatives of U.S. citizens , 2) have useful skills , or 3) are war refugees.
Starts with
R
Great Society Legacy: President _____ cut funds for VISTA in the 1980s, because he objected to the large size of the federal government.
Starts with
S
Barry Goldwater believed in _____ _____ , and advocated for extremist behavior, so Johnson won the 1964 Presidential election in a landslide.
Starts with
T
Johnson saw poverty during his career as a _____ in a low-income community, and he grew up knowing hard times as well.
Starts with
U
The Department of Housing and _____ _____ was presidential cabinet created during the Great Society, intended to fix problems in the cities (housing, police, transportation).
Starts with
V
_____ was an EOA program that was later renamed Americorps, placing volunteers in poor neighborhoods and helping them overcome poverty.
Starts with
W
Medicaid was a Great Society program that provided health insurance for people who received _____ and who lived below the poverty line.
Contains
X
Republican candidate Barry Goldwater said _____ in the defense of liberty is no vice, which might have been why he lost the 1964 Presidential election.
Starts with
Y
Economic Opportunity Act (EOA) created programs to help Americans with illiteracy and unemployment, provided they lived in the inner-city and provided they were _____ .
Contains
Z
I.N.A. replaced the national-origins quota system, providing immigration preference for people who 1) are relatives of U.S. _____ , 2) have useful skills , or 3) are war refugees.
