Today's poverty rate is __________ when the War on Poverty began.

Today's poverty rate is __________ when the War on Poverty began.
 
  A) at roughly the same level as
  B) a quarter of what it was
  C) half of what it was
  D) double what it was
  E) triple what it was

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The Economic Opportunity Act (1964 ) encouraged local programs to
 
  A) subsidize technical education.
  B) train young corporate executives trying to succeed.
  C) provide job training for seniors eligible for Social Security.
  D) educate and train people for employment.
  E) reach out to poor communities.

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An important part of President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society was
 
  A) Social Security.
  B) the Affordable Care Act.
  C) the Clean Water Act.
  D) the Economic Opportunity Act.
  E) the Works Progress Act.

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The central value underlying Lyndon Johnson's Great Society was
 
  A) freedom.
  B) democracy.
  C) order.
  D) equality.
  E) independence.

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The New Deal occurred under President
 
  A) Theodore Roosevelt.
  B) Woodrow Wilson.
  C) Herbert Hoover.
  D) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  E) Lyndon B. Johnson.