President Johnson’s Great Society programs in the 1960s built upon President Roosevelt’s New Deal programs of the 1930s and reflected the growing prosperity in the American economy. Which of the following was NOT a goal of Johnson’s policies?

a. to promote social justice
b. to create a safety net for the impoverished
c. to guarantee health care for the elderly
d. to greatly expand educational opportunities for all Americans
e. to force the state governments to assume the responsibility for social assistance

ANS: E