1. What book helped focus national attention on poverty and how did President Johnson respond?

2. What was the Office of Economic Opportunity and what types of programs did it sponsor?

1. How did Johnson's and Goldwater's positions on the welfare state differ in the 1964 election?

2. What was the significance of Johnson's landslide victory and the Democratic control of Congress?

3. How did the Goldwater campaign influence the conservative movement despite his defeat?

1. What were the major Great Society programs passed between 1963 and 1966 and what populations did they serve?

2. What new cabinet departments did Johnson establish and what were their purposes?

3. How did the work of Rachel Carson and Ralph Nader influence Great Society environmental and consumer protection legislation?

1. What were the main criticisms of the Great Society programs?

2. How did the Vietnam War affect Johnson's domestic achievements and the Great Society?

1. How did the origins of immigrants to the United States change between the 1960s and 1980s?

2. What was the impact of the Immigration Act of 1965 on immigration patterns and legal immigration rates?

1. What problem did the rise in undocumented immigration create and how did the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 attempt to address it?

1. What did Johnson predict about the Democratic Party's Southern support and how did the Great Society affect the political landscape?