The War on Poverty was inspired by
a. the sickness, lack of electrification, and dire conditions President Johnson witnessed as a young man and congressman in the hill country west of Austin, Texas.
b. Michael Harrington's book The Other America.
c. increasing public faith that an affluent nation such as America should be able to end poverty.
d. President Johnson's desire to take up an antipoverty campaign first contemplated by President Kennedy.
e. All of these choices are correct.
e
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