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The quality of life of the Americans has improved because of the Great Society introduced by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. It aims to put an end to poverty and racial injustice. High school graduation rates also rose following the implementation of several Great Society programs.
The involvement of the United States in the Vietnam war eliminated some of its programs, but others like Medicare, Medicaid, the Older Americans Act and federal education funding, remained.
The Patriots was the name of the colonists who favored independence.
They were determined to fight for their freedom. The Patriots were shopkeepers, farmers, artisans and dockworkers. They included the richest and the poorest people in the colonies. They had in their numbers free people and slaves, men and women. They were Protestants, Catholics, and Jews. Most blacks were slaves, still many blacks became Patriots.
American Civil War: a State-by-State Encyclopedia <span>by </span><span>Spencer C. Tucker; </span>
