Great Society

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United States federal program domestic policy initiative political reform agenda

The Great Society was a set of ambitious domestic programs launched by President Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1960s aimed at eliminating poverty and racial injustice while expanding education, healthcare, and civil rights in the United States.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
War on Poverty	15
Great Society legislation	3
Great Society domestic program	2
Great Society era	2
Great Society domestic agenda	1
Great Society programs	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal program ⓘ domestic policy initiative ⓘ political reform agenda ⓘ
aimedAt	eliminating poverty ⓘ expanding access to education ⓘ expanding access to healthcare ⓘ reducing racial injustice ⓘ strengthening civil rights protections ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
follows	Fair Deal ⓘ New Deal ⓘ
hasPart	Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ Fair Housing Act of 1968 ⓘ surface form: Civil Rights Act of 1968 Clean Air Act ⓘ surface form: Clean Air Act amendments of 1963–1967 Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 ⓘ Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ⓘ Food Stamp Act of 1964 ⓘ Head Start program ⓘ Higher Education Act of 1965 ⓘ Highway Beautification Act of 1965 ⓘ Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 ⓘ Job Corps ⓘ Medicaid ⓘ Medicare ⓘ Model Cities Program ⓘ National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 ⓘ Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 ⓘ Corporation for National and Community Service ⓘ surface form: Volunteers in Service to America Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ Great Society self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: War on Poverty Water Quality Act of 1965 ⓘ Wilderness Act of 1964 ⓘ
inception	1964 ⓘ
initiatedBy	Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
legislativeSupportFrom	Democratic Party ⓘ
location	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
opposedBy	many conservative Republicans ⓘ some conservative Democrats ⓘ
policyArea	civil rights ⓘ education ⓘ environmental protection ⓘ healthcare ⓘ housing ⓘ social welfare ⓘ
positionHeldBy	President of the United States ⓘ
presidentialAdministration	Johnson administration ⓘ surface form: Lyndon B. Johnson administration
significantEvent	Johnson's Great Society speeches at the University of Michigan in 1964 ⓘ
timePeriod	1960s ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

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American liberalism → associatedWith → Great Society ⓘ

Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 → associatedWith → Great Society ⓘ

this entity surface form: War on Poverty

Fifth Party System in United States politics → associatedWithPolicy → Great Society ⓘ

Food Stamp Act of 1964 → associatedWithPolicyAgenda → Great Society ⓘ

this entity surface form: War on Poverty

United States presidential election, 1964 → campaignIssue → Great Society ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Society domestic program

Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 → contextOf → Great Society ⓘ

this entity surface form: War on Poverty

Johnson administration → domesticProgram → Great Society ⓘ

Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 → era → Great Society ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Society legislation

Great Society → hasPart → Great Society self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: War on Poverty

Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 → historicalContext → Great Society ⓘ

this entity surface form: War on Poverty

89th United States Congress → historicalPeriod → Great Society ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Society era

Food Stamp Act of 1964 → historicalPeriod → Great Society ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Society era

New Deal coalition → influenced → Great Society ⓘ

New Frontier → influenced → Great Society ⓘ

Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 → influencedBy → Great Society ⓘ

this entity surface form: War on Poverty

Lyndon B. Johnson → knownFor → Great Society ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Society domestic program

Lyndon B. Johnson → knownFor → Great Society ⓘ

this entity surface form: War on Poverty

Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 → motivatedBy → Great Society ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Society domestic agenda

89th United States Congress → notableFor → Great Society ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Society legislation

Johnson administration → notablePolicy → Great Society ⓘ

this entity surface form: War on Poverty

Lyndon B. Johnson → notablePolicy → Great Society ⓘ

this entity surface form: War on Poverty

Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 → partOf → Great Society ⓘ

Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 → partOf → Great Society ⓘ

this entity surface form: War on Poverty

Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 → partOf → Great Society ⓘ

Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 → partOf → Great Society ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Society legislation

Head Start program → partOf → Great Society ⓘ

this entity surface form: War on Poverty

Higher Education Act of 1965 → partOf → Great Society ⓘ

this entity surface form: War on Poverty

Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 → partOf → Great Society ⓘ

Model Cities Program → partOf → Great Society ⓘ

this entity surface form: War on Poverty

88th United States Congress → partOfEra → Great Society ⓘ

Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 → relatedTo → Great Society ⓘ

this entity surface form: War on Poverty

Public Law 89-97 → relatedTo → Great Society ⓘ

this entity surface form: War on Poverty

Cold War liberalism → supportsProgram → Great Society ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Society programs