Summary Of Lyndon B Johnson's Unconditional War On Poverty
I. Conceptual Framework
A. Background
1. United States of America from 1944 to 2016.
In the mid-twentieth century, when the Second World War ended, the United States enjoyed wealth and prosperity unknown in foreign lands and rose to a summit of power. The interests and influence of Americans extended far from home. Their commerce was carried by merchant ships and aircraft to distant cities. The dollar was the standard of international finance and the credits of American banks flowed everywhere. Food, clothing, movies, machines, and science made the American name known throughout the world. The people shared their fortune by distributing charitable aid abroad in quantities without precedent. (White, s.f.)
The United States had suffered through …show more content…
The centerpiece of the War on Poverty was the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.
Lyndon B. Johnson believed in expanding the federal government's roles in education and health care as poverty reduction strategies. These policies can also be seen as a continuation of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, which ran from 1933 to 1935, and the Four Freedoms of 1941. Johnson stated, "Our aim is not only to relieve the symptom of poverty, but to cure it and, above all, to prevent it".
Federal funds were provided for special education schemes in slum areas, including help in paying for books and transport, while financial aid was also provided for slum clearances and rebuilding city areas. In addition, the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 created jobs, the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 provided various methods through which young people from poor homes could receive job training and higher …show more content…
(History, 2016). The first years of the 21st century have thus far been marked by the rise of a global economy and Third World consumerism, mistrust in government, deepening global concern over terrorism and an increase in the power of private enterprise. Something terrible was going to happen for the United States because in 2001 nineteen al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial jet airliners on the morning of September 11. They crashed two into the twin towers of the World Trade Center and another into the Pentagon. The fourth plane crashed in a rural area of Pennsylvania a total of 2976 victims as well as the 19 terrorists were killed. The attacks had a devastating effect on both U.S. and rest of the
A. Background
1. United States of America from 1944 to 2016.
In the mid-twentieth century, when the Second World War ended, the United States enjoyed wealth and prosperity unknown in foreign lands and rose to a summit of power. The interests and influence of Americans extended far from home. Their commerce was carried by merchant ships and aircraft to distant cities. The dollar was the standard of international finance and the credits of American banks flowed everywhere. Food, clothing, movies, machines, and science made the American name known throughout the world. The people shared their fortune by distributing charitable aid abroad in quantities without precedent. (White, s.f.)
The United States had suffered through …show more content…
The centerpiece of the War on Poverty was the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.
Lyndon B. Johnson believed in expanding the federal government's roles in education and health care as poverty reduction strategies. These policies can also be seen as a continuation of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, which ran from 1933 to 1935, and the Four Freedoms of 1941. Johnson stated, "Our aim is not only to relieve the symptom of poverty, but to cure it and, above all, to prevent it".
Federal funds were provided for special education schemes in slum areas, including help in paying for books and transport, while financial aid was also provided for slum clearances and rebuilding city areas. In addition, the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 created jobs, the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 provided various methods through which young people from poor homes could receive job training and higher …show more content…
(History, 2016). The first years of the 21st century have thus far been marked by the rise of a global economy and Third World consumerism, mistrust in government, deepening global concern over terrorism and an increase in the power of private enterprise. Something terrible was going to happen for the United States because in 2001 nineteen al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial jet airliners on the morning of September 11. They crashed two into the twin towers of the World Trade Center and another into the Pentagon. The fourth plane crashed in a rural area of Pennsylvania a total of 2976 victims as well as the 19 terrorists were killed. The attacks had a devastating effect on both U.S. and rest of the