The focus of the Great Society, according to the excerpt, was to fight social inequality. The speech emphasizes ending poverty and racial injustice, as well as promoting equality of opportunity for all, particularly through education and access to resources.
This is an excerpt from a presidential speech.
The Great Society rests on abundance and liberty for all. It
demands an end to poverty and racial injustice ....
The Great Society is a place where every child can find
knowledge to enrich his mind and to enlarge his talents. ...
It is a place where man can renew contact with nature. It is
a place which honors creation for its own sake and for what
it adds to the understanding of the race. It is a place where
men are more concerned with the quality of their goals than
the quantity of their goods.
-President Lyndon B. Johnson, speech at
University of Michigan, May 22, 1964
According to the excerpt, which goal was the focus of the Great Society? (U11.1)
(1 point)
O To win the next election
To fight social inequality
O To privatize education
To expand voting rights
To increase taxation
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