Great Society/Related Articles

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Social reform [r]: The broad middle range of intentional social change efforts between passive or uncritical acceptance of the institutions and practices of a society and revolution directed at completely overturning them. ^[e]
Social legislation [r]: Add brief definition or description
Social history [r]: A branch of history that examines ordinary people and their strategies of coping with life, social organizations, social movements and deliberate attempts to induce social change. ^[e]

Federal aid to education [r]: Federal grants to state and local governments or nonprofit organizations to support, maintain, expand or reform education. In the Great Society period, this was a major expansion of the federal constitutional role. More recently, federal assistance has been further extended to private, church-related and commercial educational ventures and individuals. ^[e]
Federal grants [r]: Unilateral transfer payments from the U.S. national government to state and local governments or nonprofit organizations. ^[e]
Medicare [r]: Title 18 of the U.S. Social Security Act. Provides medical and hospital care for the elderly and disabled. ^[e]
Medicaid [r]: Title 19 of the U.S. Social Security Act, adopted in 1965. Provides means-tested medical care for the poor. ^[e]
Civil rights legislation [r]: Add brief definition or description