Reading Challenge
Ch. 48 – The Great Society/EQ: What is the proper role of government in shaping American society?
Reading Challenge
1.
Why did many Americans have doubts about Lyndon B. Johnson when he first became president?
2.
What did Johnson mean by his "let us continue" message soon after becoming president?
3.
Johnson's Great Society grew out of
4.
How did the "Daisy" advertisement influence voters in the 1964 election?
5.
What did Johnson consider to be part of a "Great Society"?
6.
Which statement about Johnson's vision of government is true?
7.
Which one of Americas founding ideals was most important to Barry Goldwater?
8.
What was one significant development that arose out of the 1964 presidential election?
9.
What helped Johnson get much of his legislative program through Congress?
10. How did Johnson try to achieve a color-blind society?
11. What did the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 achieve?
12. Which program provided hospital and nursing home services for Americans 65 and older?
13. What was the impact of Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring?
14. Why did some people criticize the Great Society?
15. How did the Great Society have an impact on American life?
16. How did the Immigration Act of 1965 change the criteria for admitting immigrants to the United States?
17. What was the result of the two Supreme Court cases dealing with reapportionment?
18. What is reapportionment?
19. What resulted from the Supreme Court's ruling in Engel v. Vitale?
20. How did the Warren Court protect the rights of the accused?
21. Which law, supported by these two men, banned discrimination based on race, sex, religion, or national
origin?