Great Society

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The Great Society was a set of ambitious domestic programs launched by President Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1960s aimed at eliminating poverty and racial injustice while expanding education, healthcare, and civil rights in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal program
domestic policy initiative
political reform agenda
aimedAt eliminating poverty
expanding access to education
expanding access to healthcare
reducing racial injustice
strengthening civil rights protections
country United States
follows Fair Deal
New Deal
hasPart Civil Rights Act of 1964
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Clean Air Act amendments of 1963–1967
linked to: Clean Air Act

Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966
Economic Opportunity Act of 1964
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
Food Stamp Act of 1964
Head Start program
Higher Education Act of 1965
Highway Beautification Act of 1965
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965
Job Corps
Medicaid
Medicare
Model Cities Program
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965
Public Broadcasting Act of 1967
Volunteers in Service to America
Voting Rights Act of 1965
War on Poverty
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Water Quality Act of 1965
Wilderness Act of 1964
inception 1964
initiatedBy Lyndon B. Johnson
legislativeSupportFrom Democratic Party
location United States federal government
opposedBy many conservative Republicans
some conservative Democrats
policyArea civil rights
education
environmental protection
healthcare
housing
social welfare
positionHeldBy President of the United States
presidentialAdministration Lyndon B. Johnson administration
significantEvent Johnson's Great Society speeches at the University of Michigan in 1964
timePeriod 1960s

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American liberalism associatedWith Great Society
New Frontier influenced Great Society
Great Society hasPart War on Poverty
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Lyndon B. Johnson knownFor Great Society domestic program
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Lyndon B. Johnson knownFor War on Poverty
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Lyndon B. Johnson notablePolicy Great Society
Lyndon B. Johnson notablePolicy War on Poverty
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Johnson administration notablePolicy Great Society
Johnson administration notablePolicy War on Poverty
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Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 partOf War on Poverty
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Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 associatedWith War on Poverty
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Higher Education Act of 1965 partOf Great Society
Higher Education Act of 1965 partOf War on Poverty
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 partOf Great Society legislation
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 influencedBy War on Poverty
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Head Start program partOf War on Poverty
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Model Cities Program partOf Great Society
Model Cities Program partOf War on Poverty
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Food Stamp Act of 1964 historicalPeriod Great Society era
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Food Stamp Act of 1964 associatedWithPolicyAgenda War on Poverty
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Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 era Great Society legislation
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Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 motivatedBy Great Society domestic agenda
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Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 contextOf War on Poverty
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88th United States Congress partOfEra Great Society
Public Law 89-97 relatedTo Great Society
Public Law 89-97 relatedTo War on Poverty
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89th United States Congress historicalPeriod Great Society era
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89th United States Congress notableFor Great Society legislation
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United States presidential election, 1964 campaignIssue Great Society domestic program
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New Deal coalition influenced Great Society
Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 relatedTo War on Poverty
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Cold War liberalism supportsProgram Great Society programs
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Domestic Marshall Plan for American cities associatedWith War on Poverty
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Child Nutrition Act of 1966 historicalContext Great Society programs of the 1960s
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New Federalism contrastsWith Great Society programs
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Housing Act of 1961 relatedTo Great Society-era domestic policy
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Public Law 88-452 partOf War on Poverty
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Public Law 88-452 partOf Great Society
Office of Economic Opportunity foundedAsPartOf War on Poverty
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Office of Economic Opportunity politicalContext Great Society programs
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VISTA historicalContext War on Poverty
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Community Action Program partOf War on Poverty
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Community Action Program influencedBy Great Society agenda
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Neighborhood Youth Corps partOf War on Poverty
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