Policy History: Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society Due: Mon Sep 30, 2024 11:59pm9/30/2024

September 29, 2024September 29, 2024 Discipline: Family and Child studies

Similar to the assignment on FDR, please review the resources below and prepare responses to the following guiding questions.

Guiding Questions

1. Problem:  What is the problem that policy makers were trying to solve?  Share any context about what prompted the bill?

2. Rationale for Intervention:  What was the government’s reason for “intervening”?

3. Process:  What happened?  Provide an outline of key events leading up to this legislation?

4. Final legislation:  What was the final piece of legislation?


Resources – President Johnson’s War on Poverty and Great Society

The War on Poverty Proposal.

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/special-message-the-congress-proposing-nationwide-war-the-sources-poverty

Johnson’s Call for a “Great Society”.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/l-b-j-envisions-a-great-society-in-his-state-of-the-union-address

Johnson;s Great Society Programs.

https://www.history.com/topics/1960s/great-society

Project Head Star.

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-project-head-start

History of Head Start Program.

https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/about-us/article/head-start-history#:~:text=In%20the%20summers%20of%201965,Health%2C%20Education%2C%20and%20Welfare.

Washington Post Article – Great Society at 50 years.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/national/great-society-at-50/

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