Question

Define the Great Society, and discuss how activists and President Johnson worked together to create a Great Society with “abundance and liberty for all.”

Answer 1

The Great Society were programs developed and put forth by Democrat President L. Johnson in 1964 with the goal of eradicating poverty and racial injustices. Spending for these programs were put towards education, urban issues, health care, transportation, and poverty (present day Medicare, Medicaid, and federal funding for education).

Johnson and activists worked together to put forth studies of American socities, reported on findings to corresponding agencies, and assisted many civil rights laws including the Civil Rights law of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, The Immigration and nationality Services Act of 1965, and the Civil Rights Act of 1968.