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What were Johnsons goals for the great society?
uplift racially and economically disenfranchised americans
raise the american standard of life
initiate a wide-scale fight against poverty
what progrmas did the great society include?
First federal food stamp program
Medicare, medicaid
Invested in public education
Invested in arts and letters
civil rights act of 1964
prohibits discrimination based on race sex origin
voting rights act of 1965
outlawed discriminatory voting practices
what did community action programs do?
gave impoverished americans a hand in decisionmaking for their own programs to help themselves
what effects did the riots have?
led to white flight-white people moved into suburban enclaves
What were some criticisms of the Great Society?
many felt the programs would lead to too much dependence on federal aid
johnson could not afford to fund impovershed communities and the war in Vietnam
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