What was the long term significance of President Johnson's Great Society?

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Willow Sloan

5 January, 17:59

What was the long term significance of President Johnson's Great Society?

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Leroy Kidd · Answer 1

56e. Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society"

This 1968 political cartoon captures the struggle of Lyndon B. Johnson's time as President. While Johnson dreamed of a "Great Society," his presidency was haunted by the specter of Vietnam. Much of the funding he hoped to spend on social reforms went towards war in southeast Asia.