Section III - The Great Society

President LBJ’s program to reduce poverty and racial injustice

Funding the Great Society contributed to a growing budget deficit

Precautions and regulations set to ensure high quality of food

Provided financial assistance for students to enter college and higher education

required states to clean up rivers

Abolished poll taxes in federal elections

Economic Opportunity Act

This was developed to ensure people had access to better homes

the Warren court Required criminal courts to provide ________ legal counsel to those who cannot afford it

Liberals criticized the Warren Court -rulings benefited criminal suspects and not the police

Provided more than $1 billion in federal aid to help schools purchase textbooks and new library materials

the Warren Court ruled that an accused person has a right to have a __________ present during police questioning

banned literacy tests and other laws that kept Black men and women from voting

the goal of this act was to prevent hunger and improve the lives of low-income Americans

President Lyndon declared a "war on ________ " in America

set standards for labeling consumer goods

Opened the door for many non-European immigrants to settle in the United States

the Warren Court ruled that evidence seized illegally could not be used in state courts... What is this rule called?

extended health insurance to welfare recipients 

What eventually overshadowed the goals of the Great Society?

Provided hospital insurance and low-cost medical insurance for almost every American age 65 or older

The Supreme Court during the period when Earl Warren was chief justice

The war on poverty did help

President LBJ extended the power of the federal government

Prohibited discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, and sex

All suspects must be read their rights before questioning!!!

Republican candidates charged Democrats with being “hard on crime”