Answer to Question #172016 in History for william

Question

How did the Vietnam War affect the success of the Great Society programs?

Answer 1

The Great Society programs encompassed an ambitious set of policy reforms, legislation, and plans fronted by President Lyndon Johnson to end runaway poverty, lower crime, improve the environment, and abolish inequality. In what was supposed to be the leading social initiative blueprint in modern history, the Vietnam War hampered such plans. Most of the resources meant to fund the domestic program under the Great Society agenda were diverted to the Vietnam War, leading to severe effects on this hopeful plan.