Lyndon Johnson Was Able to Get His Great Society Programs

question 11

Multiple Choice

 Lyndon Johnson was able to get his Great Society programs through Congress because 

• A) most of the public favored the programs. 
• B) Democrats controlled both houses of Congress by large margins. 
• C) most Republicans worked with him on these issues. 
• D) he broke up the conservative coalition by convincing Southern Democrats to defect. 
• E) the federal government had surplus funds to be spent.

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