Which of the following represents the consensus assessment of most historians about the accomplishments of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society programs?
(A) Billions of dollars had been spent for social engineering that produced negligible favorable social or economic results for needy Americans.
(B) The failures of Great Society programs proved that poverty could not be successfully addressed with public funds.
(C) The Great Society programs achieved some noteworthy accomplishments in expanding education and health care for vulnerable, poor, and underserved Americans.
(D) Rampant waste, fraud, and abuse undermined the success of nearly all Great Society programs.
(E) The Great Society programs actually increased the poverty rate in America
Ans: (C) The Great Society programs achieved some noteworthy accomplishments in expanding education and health care for vulnerable, poor, and underserved Americans.
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