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11.82 Great Society and the War on Poverty Worksheet

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Great Society and the War on Poverty: Determine which program, law, Supreme Court decision, or policy goal best explains the Great Society, federal anti-poverty efforts, education reform, health care expansion, and liberal reform. Aligned to Broad national and selected state U.S. History alignment: C3 Framework; CCSS Literacy in History/Social Studies 11-12; AP U.S. History; NAEP U.S. History; selected CA, NY, MA, FL, and TX frameworks where applicable. 11.82 - Great Society and the War on Poverty: Determine which program, law, Supreme Court decision, or policy goal best explains the Great Society, federal anti-poverty efforts, education reform, health care expansion, and liberal reform. (C3 D2.Civ.13-14.9-12; C3 D2.Eco.10-12.9-12; CCSS RH.11-12.2, RH.11-12.8; APUSH Period 8; NAEP Themes 1,3; CA HSS 11.11; NY 11.10; FL SS.912.A.7.)

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery
Stimulus: An exam asks for one policy pair that directly represents both health care expansion and education reform in the Great Society. Which pair best answers the prompt?
ATruman Doctrine; Marshall Plan
BHomestead Act; Dawes Act
CFederal Reserve Act; Smoot-Hawley Tariff
DMedicare and Medicaid; Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Solution & Explanation:Medicare and Medicaid expanded health care, while the Elementary and Secondary Education Act expanded federal education aid.
Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery
Stimulus: A review question asks students to avoid reading later 1970s and 1980s conservative politics back into Johnson's mid-1960s agenda. Which statement is the best correction?
AThe Great Society was a Reagan-era plan to reduce all social spending
BThe Great Society happened during Reconstruction before the 14th Amendment
CThe Great Society was a mid-1960s expansion of federal social programs before later debates over retrenchment intensified
DThe Great Society was only a NATO military strategy
Solution & Explanation:Johnson's Great Society expanded federal domestic programs in the mid-1960s; later conservative critiques and retrenchment debates came afterward.
Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery
Stimulus: Medicare provided hospital insurance to older Americans who qualified by age, not by a poverty test. Which political effect did this design help create?
AImmediate elimination of all state governments
BBroader support because many older Americans could see themselves as beneficiaries
CA requirement that only unemployed teenagers receive benefits
DA ban on Social Security payroll taxes
Solution & Explanation:Medicare's social insurance design made it broadly relevant to older Americans, which helped make the program politically durable.

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