The War on Poverty was the name given to legislation introduced by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. The legislation intended to deal with the problem of poverty across the country. This legislation was also influenced by the previous "New Deal" introduced by President Roosevelt. The legislation influenced how welfare was seen during the following decades, until the presidency of Bill Clinton, when he introduced the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996, reducing federal aid to impoverished people.
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty sought to D) prevent the spread of nuclear weapons to nations that did not already have them. The goal of the treaty was also to C) reduce the number of nuclear weapons held by major powers or any states possessing nuclear weapons with the general goal of nuclear disarmament.
