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Nov 17, 2017 · The Great Society was an ambitious series of policy initiatives, legislation and programs spearheaded by President Lyndon B. Johnson with the main goals of ending poverty, reducing crime,...
Jan 28, 2018 · Twenty-one years later, in a scorching address delivered in 1983, President Ronald Reagan denounced the Great Society as a bundle of expensive and failed initiatives that contributed to, rather...
Jan 10, 2020 · In short order, Johnson pushed through the landmark 1964 civil-rights bill. And that year in Ann Arbor he gave a speech on what he called “the Great Society.” “The Great Society,” he exclaimed, “rests on abundance and liberty for all” and “demands an end to poverty and racial injustice.”
Jan 4, 2017 · Some see the Great Society as a success, moving the nation towards a more just and equitable society. Scholars largely agree that the Great Society made an impact. Johnson’s programs increased Social Security benefits, greatly aiding the elderly poor; instituted Medicare and Medicaid, health care supports that even conservative politicians ...
Jun 14, 2024 · Great Society, political slogan used by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson (served 1963–69) to identify his legislative program of national reform. In his first State of the Union message after election in his own right, delivered on January 4, 1965, the president proclaimed his vision of a ‘Great Society.’.
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The Great Society in scope and sweep resembled the 1930s New Deal domestic agenda of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Some Great Society initiatives were derived from earlier New Frontier proposals, which stalled during the Kennedy administration.
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