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27 Cards in this Set
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What % did the economy grow by jn 1966 |
9% |
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What did Johnson declare inconditional war on |
Poverty |
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How mnay staff were part of the independent agency overseeing great society |
130 |
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What was the budget of the independent agency overseeing great society |
$960 million |
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What health care did Johnson introduce |
Medicaid and Medicare |
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What % of the elderly population received free health care by 1976 |
20% |
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What office was opened under the great society |
Office of economic opportunity |
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What was head start |
Free nursery schools for poor children |
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What did jobs Corp provide |
Vocational training |
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What was upward bound skills education |
Helped poor children in to uni |
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What were the Vista community services in poor areas comparable to |
The peace corps |
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What did the housing act fund |
Cheap housing and rent assistence |
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How many new national parks did Johnson introduce |
45 |
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What did the national endowment for the arts fund |
Galleries and theatres |
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What was the intention of the national endowment for the arts |
That not only the rich should get to enjoy artistic culture |
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What was the number of poor families in 1959 compared to 68 |
59= 40 million, 68=25 million |
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What was the % of black people earning less then $3000 year in 1960 compared to 68 |
In 1960 it was 41% by 68 it was 23% |
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Who often ran community action programs |
Women |
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What did community action programs collect data on? |
Biggest local problems |
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What's an examples of a community action programme |
One jn Memphis focused on high j can't mortality and worked with medical professionals to set up free clinics |
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What happened to number of poor families after ohh left office |
Stalled and then rose to 30 million in the 1980s |
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What did the great society provide a reaction against |
Big gov interference |
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What were Medicare costs in 1965 compared to 1980 |
$40bn in 1965 and $400bn in 1980 |
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Did the money given to apalache reverse the l9ss of jobs ? |
No |
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What was the impact of the focus on equality of opportunity |
Programs did not work for old sick and single mothers |
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What did the great society not seek to do |
Redistribute wealth |
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What could competition to gain project funding lead to |
Greater racial tensions e.g. black and hispanics in LA |
