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- 1. a domestic program in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson that instituted federally sponsored social welfare programs.
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Nov 17, 2017 · The Great Society was an expansive set of programs and legislation launched by President Lyndon B. Johnson to address issues of poverty, crime and inequality.
Great Society. The Great Society was a set of domestic programs in the United States launched by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 and 1965. The term was first referenced during a 1964 speech by Johnson at Ohio University, [1] then later formally presented at the University of Michigan, and came to represent his domestic agenda. [2]
Mar 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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Jun 30, 2023 · Great Society: A set of domestic programs designed to eliminate poverty and racial injustice in the United States launched by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964–65. Johnson first used the Term ...
Jun 8, 2018 · GREAT SOCIETY, the program of liberal reform put forward by President Lyndon Johnson in his 1964 commencement address at the University of Michigan that proposed expanding the size and scope of the federal. government to diminish racial and economic inequality and improve the nation's quality of life.
56e. Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society". This 1968 political cartoon captures the struggle of Lyndon B. Johnson's time as President. While Johnson dreamed of a "Great Society," his presidency was haunted by the specter of Vietnam. Much of the funding he hoped to spend on social reforms went towards war in southeast Asia.
Jun 11, 2018 · The term Great Society, which refers to the set of domestic programs initiated by Lyndon B. Johnson, who became the U.S. president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, was coined by Johnson ’ s speechwriter Richard N. Goodwin early in 1964. In an address during commencement exercises at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor ...
