NAME ________________________________________ Period ________________
As you read Chapter 22 section 2, fill in the missing information in the chart below.
The Great Society
1.
Program or Legislation
Description
Revived prosperity and decreased
unemployment
Economic Opportunity Act
2.
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
3.
4.
Medicaid
Provided hospital care and low-cost
medical insurance for Americans age 65
and older
5.
6.
Replaced quotas with more flexible limits
Criticisms
7.
8.
9.
Write the letter of the correct ending in the blank provided
_____10. As a senator, LBJ was famed for his ability to
a. speak for hours at a time
c. write legislation
b. respond to the demands of big business
d. accomplish his political goals
_____11. Unlike Kennedy, President Lyndon B. Johnson
a. had a strong mandate
b. was more concerned with foreign policy than domestic policy
c. believed military commanders should use nuclear weapons
d. opposed civil rights legislation
_____ 12. Which of the following was a major part of Johnson’s great society
a. a tax increase
c. healthcare legislation
b. aid to foreign countries
d. reductions in antipoverty programs
_____ 13. Johnson’s landslide victory in 1964 came in part because of
a. the continuing recession
c. a Supreme Court ruling
b. his opponents radical views
d. the Vietnam situation
14. How did the Miranda rule change law enforcement in the United States?