Describe the successes and failures of President Johnson in his attempt to build a Great Society in the years 1963-1968?
Area
Success
Failure
Education
$1 billion assigned to school Education placed under federal responsibility therefore more efficiently run Higher education - money and student loans
Poverty
Education was seen as the way to help people out of poverty (see above) Economic opportunity act - helped re-train unemployed Minimum wage was raised
Still huge amount of poverty Inner city riots
Medicare / Medicaid
Helped many especially pensioners and poorer elements of society get healthcare.
Heart attacks and cancer levels continued to be highest in the world Many people were still not covered by health provisions 15% of the population continued to be without medical insurance. Spectacles, dental care, hospital drugs and long term nursing home care not covered
Civil Rights
1964 Civil Rights Act 1965 Voting Registration Act
