Great Society
The
Great Society was a series of domestic initiatives announced in
1964 by
President Lyndon Johnson at
Ann Arbor, Michigan. A main focus of these social reforms to "end to poverty and racial injustice" was the
Voting Rights Act of 1965. The efforts also helped establish the
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Other programs included:
The Great Society was never fully funded because of the
Vietnam War, which drained available resources. It was partially overturned by President
Ronald Reagan's first
budget.
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