The “war on poverty” declared by President Lyndon B. Johnson set out to improve the lives of the poorest Americans by reducing inequality through transfer payments and government subsidies until the families can obtain and maintain employment to provide for their families.
The 'War on Poverty' is the unofficial name for the actions of President Lyndon B. Johnson during his State of the Union address in 1964. Johnson proposed a legislation in response to a national poverty rate of around 19%. The speech led the U.S. Congress to pass the Economic Opportunity Act, which established the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) to administer the local application of federal funds targeted against poverty.
The answer is B. Theodore Rossevelt's philisophy during the elections of 1912 was built around the New Nacionalism. Main contents was his aim of protecting human welfare.
