Great Society

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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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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

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Neighborhood Youth Corps partOf Great Society
this entity surface form: Great Society programs
Title II historicalContext Great Society
subject surface form: Title II (Economic Opportunity Act of 1964)
this entity surface form: War on Poverty
Title II associatedWith Great Society
subject surface form: Title II (Economic Opportunity Act of 1964)
this entity surface form: Great Society programs
Title I historicalContext Great Society
this entity surface form: War on Poverty
Title I relatedProgram Great Society
this entity surface form: Great Society programs
Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1967 partOf Great Society
this entity surface form: War on Poverty
Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1967 isPartOf Great Society
this entity surface form: Great Society legislation
Public Law 89-754 relatedConcept Great Society
this entity surface form: War on Poverty
Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library subjectOf Great Society
this entity surface form: Great Society programs
Public Law 89-209 historicalContext Great Society
this entity surface form: Great Society legislation
Graham Wallas knownFor Great Society
this entity surface form: The Great Society
Graham Wallas notableWork Great Society
this entity surface form: The Great Society
Revenue Act of 1964 partOf Great Society
this entity surface form: Great Society legislative agenda
Social Security Amendments of 1967 relatedTo Great Society
this entity surface form: Great Society programs
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 relatedTo Great Society
this entity surface form: Great Society domestic programs
Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 relatedTo Great Society
this entity surface form: War on Poverty
Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 relatedTo Great Society
this entity surface form: Great Society programs
Maximum Feasible Misunderstanding mainSubject Great Society
this entity surface form: War on Poverty
Maximum Feasible Misunderstanding mainSubject Great Society
this entity surface form: Great Society programs
Maximum Feasible Misunderstanding timePeriodDescribed Great Society
this entity surface form: War on Poverty era
Miles to Go: A Personal History of Social Policy about Great Society
this entity surface form: Great Society programs
Miles to Go: A Personal History of Social Policy about Great Society
this entity surface form: War on Poverty
Moynihan Report on the African-American family associatedWith Great Society
this entity surface form: War on Poverty
conservative coalition in Congress opposed Great Society
this entity surface form: Great Society programs