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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

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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

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sixties Let's See which of these programs johnson initiated to

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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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