Question

This is an excerpt from a speech given by an American president during the 1900s.

The challenge of the next half century is whether we have the wisdom to use [our] wealth to enrich and elevate our national life, and to advance the quality of our American civilization. Your imagination, your initiative, and your indignation will determine whether we build a society where progress is the servant of our needs, or a society where old values and new visions are buried under unbridled growth. For in your time we have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society.
Reforms were implemented in which area to address the goal expressed in this speech?

social welfare
money supply
government transparency
federal taxes

Answer 1

The Great Society program, introduced by President Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to combat poverty and racial injustice, with reforms primarily in the area of social welfare.

Step-by-step explanation:

The speech you've referenced is an excerpt from President Lyndon B. Johnson's speeches where he introduces and advocates for the concept of the Great Society. The Great Society was a set of domestic programs launched by Johnson with the aim of eradicating poverty and racial injustice. The reforms implemented to achieve the goals of the Great Society focused primarily on social welfare initiatives. These initiatives included a broad range of programs to enhance education, provide better healthcare, improve housing, and protect the environment, among others.

Johnson's vision for the Great Society was about using the nation's wealth not just to build economic power, but to also enrich the lives of its citizens, addressing social issues to create a more equitable and just society.

To specifically address the student's question, the reforms in question were implemented in the area of social welfare.