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zubka84 [21]
3 years ago
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What was one of the long-term effects of the Great Society

History
2 answers:
liberstina [14]3 years ago
4 0

it increased the budget deficit.

solong [7]3 years ago
3 0

This question is incomplete. Here´s the complete question.

What was one of the long-term effects of the Great Society?  

a reduction in the percentage of people in poverty

a reduction in the number of people unemployed

a decline in defense spending

a decrease in the national debt

Answer: a reduction in the percentage of people in poverty

Explanation:

On Aug. 20, 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson approved the Economic Opportunity Act, the framework for the War on Poverty, as part of the approximately 200 laws that were known as the Great Society.

By establishing the Office of Economic Opportunity to lead educational, employment and training plans, they managed to bring down the percentage of Americans living below the poverty line from 20 percent to 12 percent within 10 years.

The president of the Council of Economic Advisers estimates that, including tax credits and benefits, present poverty has dropped by more than a third since the 1960s.

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