Name_____________________________________Date_____________Class________
Assignment #3
LBJ’s Great Society Chart
Pages 686-693
After the Democrats won the victory in the Presidential and Congressional elections of
1964, President Johnson immediately introduced his vision of the “Great Society.” He
believed the country was ready to (1) Eliminate Poverty, (2) Eliminate Racism, (3) End
Ignorance, (4) Overcome Disease, (5) Revitalize the Cities, (6) Share the Abundance, (use
tax money for the good of all) and in general- (7) permit mankind to enjoy a life of freedom
and prosperity (by having laws that protected them).
Great Society Programs 1964-1967
Use each goal listed above in the appropriate place provided below. You may use the book to read about the topics and
laws, and the use some common sense to decide which “Great Society Goal” from above each set of laws passed under
LBJ was intended to provide.
I.
1964 Tax Reduction Act1964 Economic Opportunity Act-
1965 Medicare Act1965 Appalachian Regional Development Act-
II.
1965 Omnibus Housing Act-
1966 Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan
Area Redevelopment Act-
1965 HUD- Department of Housing and Urban
DevelopmentIII.
1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act1965 Higher Education Act-
1965 National Foundation on the Arts and
Humanities1967 Corporation for National Broadcasting-
IV.
1964 Civil Rights Act1964 24th Amendment-
1965 Voting Rights Act1965 Immigration Act-
V.
1965 Wilderness Preservation Act1965 Water Quality Act-
1965 Clean Air Act Amendment1967 Air Quality Act-
VI.
1966 Truth in Packaging Act1968 National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act-
1966 Highway Safety Act1966 Department of Transportation-
VII.
1965 Medicare1965 Medicaid-
Every January, the President
delivers a State of the Union
Address in which he lays out
his legislative program for
Congress. President Lyndon
Johnson’s address in January
1966 proposed an ambitious,
activist federal government
intended to produce a “Great
Society.”
Look at the cartoon to the left…
1. The cartoon is drawn from which
political party’s point of view?
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2. How did you know? __________
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3. What political party is Lyndon B
Johnson?__________________
4. The cartoon is comparing “The Great
Society” to what?_______
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“Cartooning is an irreverent form of expression, and one particularly suited to scoffing at the high and the mighty. If
the prime role of a free press is to serve as critic of government, cartooning is often the cutting edge of that
criticism.”
- Herb Block
“The Cartoon by Herb Block”