War on Poverty
Great Society centerpiece
The War on Poverty was a set of social programs launched by President Lyndon B.
Johnson in 1964, aimed at reducing poverty in the United States through education, job training, healthcare, and community development.
The phrase now often appears skeptically or critically, suggesting ambitious government initiatives that fall short of their goals: The war on poverty has been going on for decades with mixed results.
- LBJThirty-sixth president's initials
- Great Society1960s federal reform initiative
- welfareComfort and prosperity
- public housingSubsidized homes for poor
- MedicaidPublic health coverage for poor
food stamps · food insecurity · Head Start · inequality · Johnson · 1960s · welfare state · slums · ghetto · unemployment · housing projects · inner city · reform · entitlements · social programs · federal spending · uplift · hunger
- Government Programswelfare program, Great Society, healthcare reform, Medicare, Medicaid
- LBJ EraLBJ, Great Society, Vietnam War, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act
- U.S. History TermsLouisiana Purchase, New Deal, Missouri Compromise, Great Compromise, Emancipation Proclamation
- welfare historypoor laws, poorhouse, poorhouses, workhouse, workhouses
- AmericanaAmerican flag, Fourth of July, bald eagle, Thanksgiving, apple pie
- policiespolicy, act, code of conduct, workplace policies, public policy
War on Povertylaissez-faire economics
Minimal state economic involvement
trickle-down economics · supply-side economics · Reaganomics · neoliberalism · austerity
War on Povertywelfare cuts
Reductions to public assistance
welfare reform · austerity measures · workfare · corporate welfare
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