Question

1. President Johnson's Great Society

a.) abolished New Deal legislation and created new social programs.
b.) expanded New Deal legislation and created new social programs.
c.) abolished New Deal legislation and reduced the federal budget.
d.) expanded New Deal legislation and reduced the federal budget.

2. A major legacy of President Johnson's domestic policy is
a.) civil rights legislation.
b.) Vietnam mobilization.
c.) reduced federal debt.
d.) end of poverty for all.

3. The first Great Society program to address the "War on Poverty" was the
a.) Medical Care Act.
b.) Omnibus Housing Act.
c.) Economic Opportunity Act.
d.) Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

4. President Johnson believed that to become a Great Society, the nation needed to first fix
a.) safety in consumer products.
b.) poverty and racial discrimination.
c.) low-quality housing in urban areas.
d.) gender discrimination and pollution.

5. One of the ways the Great Society is considered an improvement over the New Deal is that it
a.) had greater support.
b.) addressed civil rights.
c.) restricted government.
d.) would continue forever.

6. Great Society programs of the 1960s led to
a.) an increase in infant mortality.
b.) a decrease in the poverty rate.
c.) increases in unemployment.
d.) decreases in median incomes.

7. Some critics of the Great Society believed that anti-poverty programs benefited which group the most?
a.) women
b.) Native Americans
c.) African Americans
d.) Hispanic Americans