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- 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.
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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,...
May 3, 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 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]
Jun 30, 2023 · The Great Society was a set of domestic policy initiatives, programs, and legislation introduced in the 1960s in the U.S. These Great Society programs were intended to reduce poverty...
Feb 2, 2021 · Bettmann / Getty Images. By. Robert Longley. Updated on February 02, 2021. President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society was a sweeping set of social domestic policy programs initiated by President Lyndon B. Johnson during 1964 and 1965 focusing mainly on eliminating racial injustice and ending poverty in the United States.
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Jun 8, 2018 · GREAT SOCIETY. 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.
Jun 11, 2018 · BIBLIOGRAPHY. 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.
