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Intro to Political Science

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The Great Society was a set of domestic policy initiatives launched by President Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1960s, aimed at eliminating poverty and racial injustice while improving education and healthcare in the United States. These programs represented an expansive use of federal government resources to achieve social progress and equality.

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