Question

Which of the following is a true statement about the Great Society? (5 points) It was President Kennedy's original idea. Vietnam was the main cause of its end. Congress blocked every proposed law. Great Society laws were conservative.

Answer 1

Vietnam was the main cause of its end.

Answer 2

The following statements which is true about the Great Society is that it was President Kennedy's original idea (stalled initiatives from his New Frontier plan). Although there were Anti-Vietnam Democrats who complained the spending on the Vietnam War choked the Great Society, which led to the cancellation and reduced funding for some programs, much of those programs still exist today. Congress did not block every proposed law and the laws were not conservative, they were very much so on the democratic and liberal side of the spectrum.