Lyndon B. Johnson
Who did Lyndon B. Johnson become President after?
JFK
Helped prepare underprivileged children between ages of 3-5 for elementary school
Project Head Start
Civilian Conservation Corps- Gave thousands of outdoor jobs to young men, providing clothes, food, and compensation for various public works projects. Similar Great Society program
Job Corps
What # President was Lyndon B. Johnson?
36th President
Created vocational/occupational programs to train disadvantaged youth
Job Corps
Social Security- Provides retirement benefits, like healthcare and paychecks, for the elderly. Which Great Society program was an extension of this/similar?
Medicare
What is the name of Lyndon B. Johnson's programs and legislation to open opportunities for ALL Americans through initiatives with education, healthcare, ending discrimination, & a "War on Poverty"
The Great Society
Billions of dollars in aid were appropriated for city planning, slum clearance, rental subsidies for the poor & reconstruction
Housing & Urban Development Act
Tennessee Valley Authority- Created dams to provide electricity and work to one of the hardest hits areas of the Depression- the South. Similar Great Society program
Appalachian Regional Development Act
His laws and programs to bring an end to _____ among America's poorest neighborhoods and people.
War on Poverty
provided federal funds to create new work and industries in one of the nation’s poorest regions the Deep South
Appalachian Regional Development Act
Works Progress Administration- Hired unemployed artists, architects, writers, actors, musicians, and millions of others to paint murals, design buildings, produce plays and concerts, and more. TWO answers! Similar Great Society program:
National Foundation of the Arts & Humanities + Housing & Urban Development Act
Created the Keiser Commission to investigate violence [race riots across many cities]
What happened after? [hint: an Act]
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Medicaid provided insurance for low income individuals but how was Medicare an extension of New Deal
provided healthcare for older people