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Johnson's Great Society Answers

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Granted loans to college students

A
Elementary & Secondary Education Act
B
Head Start
C
Higher Education Act
3

Provided federal funding for elementary education

A
Elementary & Secondary Education Act
B
Head Start
C
Higher Education Act
6

What were the purposes of Medicare and Medicaid?

A
to offer health screenings for pregnant women
B
to offer health screenings for school-aged children
C
to provide prescriptions for the elderly and poor
D
to provide health care for the elderly and poor
8

Granted loans to college students

A
Elementary & Secondary Education Act
B
Head Start
C
Higher Education Act
9

Provided federal funding for elementary education

A
Elementary & Secondary Education Act
B
Head Start
C
Higher Education Act
10

Based on what you have read, choose each response below that correctly describes a success of Johnson’s Great Society legislation.Check all of the boxes that apply.

A
a drop in the poverty rate
B
the end of Head Start
C
an increased graduation rate
D
a decrease in substandard housing
E
a rise in infant mortality rate
F
an expansion of medical coverage for the poor
12

Johnson’s Great Society legislation caused controversy over .

A
civil rights legislation
B
foreign policy
C
government spending
13

Which of the following items helped President Johnson persuade Congress to pass Kennedy’s civil rights legislation?

A
proposed income tax cuts
B
economic depression
C
civil rights protests
D
public sympathy
15

What were the purposes of Medicare and Medicaid?

A
to offer health screenings for pregnant women
B
to offer health screenings for school-aged children
C
to provide prescriptions for the elderly and poor
D
to provide health care for the elderly and poor
18

Based on what you have read, choose each response below that correctly describes a success of Johnson’s Great Society legislation.Check all of the boxes that apply.

A
a drop in the poverty rate
B
the end of Head Start
C
an increased graduation rate
D
a decrease in substandard housing
E
a rise in infant mortality rate
F
an expansion of medical coverage for the poor

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