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AP U.S. Government: Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Mass Media Drill 2, Problem 4. Which of the following is a Great Society program?
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Thank you We sneak and here's your shmoop toos your
- 00:05
brought to you by the federal preserve Very good government
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program you know preserves like berries and stuff was long
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jump Which of the following is a great society program
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Notice the capital g capital ass there and hear the
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potential answers All right Well the great society was an
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ambitious political agenda enacted under president johnson in the nineteen
- 00:29
sixties Let's See which of these programs johnson initiated to
- 00:32
take america's social safety net from good thio More good
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was a mean legislative piece of the great society A
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social security well social security A retirement benefit program for
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the elderly It was pastoring ers administration as part of
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the second new deal So still a three lettered presidents
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achievement Just not the right three letters Could a major
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victory of the great society have been be the federal
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reserve a little too early here The federal reserve which
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regulates the supply of money in the u s was
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created way back in nineteen thirteen during woodrow wilson's first
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term as president It's like there's no need to reserve
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judgment on b was see welfare reform a big part
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of lbj's great society Actually the move to reform welfare
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which provides financial assistance to the poor came to a
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head during clinton's presidency when congress passed the personal responsibility
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and work opportunity act in nineteen ninety six posies out
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to what about e the affordable care act Oh man
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now we're in the very recent past since the affordable
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care act a major overhaul of the u s health
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care system was enacted during president obama's first term in
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office So if he isn't exactly the medicine we need
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that means a major part of lbj's Great society Was
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the medicare There it is one of the central tenets
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of president johnson's legislative achievement was medicare which provides government
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health insurance for early americans The option d is the
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correct answer Corrupt us great society would have included something
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about ice cream way Don't know the specifics We just 00:02:08.428 --> [endTime] know we like ice cream
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