Great Society

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:domestic_program
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:endDate 1967
gptkbp:focus gptkb:transportation
civil rights
education
environment
health care
urban problems
gptkbp:goal eliminate poverty
eliminate racial injustice
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:War_on_Poverty
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkbp:legacy expansion of federal government
reduction in poverty rates
civil rights advancements
increased access to health care
increased federal funding for education
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkb:Robert_F._Kennedy
gptkb:John_W._Gardner
gptkb:Hubert_Humphrey
gptkb:Sargent_Shriver
gptkb:Wilbur_Mills
gptkbp:offersProgram gptkb:Economic_Opportunity_Act
gptkb:Food_Stamp_Act_of_1964
gptkb:Public_Broadcasting_Act_of_1967
gptkb:Water_Quality_Act_of_1965
gptkb:Head_Start_Program
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkb:Medicaid
gptkb:Medicare
gptkb:National_Endowment_for_the_Humanities
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkb:Wilderness_Act_of_1964
gptkb:Higher_Education_Act
gptkb:National_Endowment_for_the_Arts
gptkb:Elementary_and_Secondary_Education_Act
gptkb:Urban_Mass_Transportation_Act_of_1964
gptkbp:opposedBy conservatives
some Republicans
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:New_Deal
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Fair_Deal
gptkb:New_Deal
gptkb:War_on_Poverty
gptkbp:startDate 1964
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Great Society