Question at position 15 President Johnson's "Great Society" program was meant to expand upon which previous program's social reforms?Progressive ProgramEinsenhower's Domino TheoryNixon's DoctrineThe New Deal题目解析单项选择题
A
Progressive Program
B
Einsenhower's Domino Theory
C
Nixon's Doctrine
D
The New Deal

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Question at position 15 President Johnson's "Great Society" program was meant to expand upon which previous program's social reforms?Progressive ProgramEinsenhower's Domino TheoryNixon's DoctrineThe New Deal题目解析单项选择题

A

Progressive Program

B

Einsenhower's Domino Theory

C

Nixon's Doctrine

D

The New Deal

BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

Rewriting the question in my own words: Johnson's Great Society aimed to extend the reforms established by a prior major social program. Now let's evaluate each option to see which one best fits that description.
Option 1: 'Progressive Program' — This label is ambiguous and does not correspond to a single, well-defined, nationally implemented program with a direct lineage into the 1960s. While Progressive Era reforms influenced American policy in broad ways, the phrase here does not point to a specific 20th-century program that the Great Society would be expanding upon.
Option 2: 'Eisenhower's Domino Theory' — The Domino Theory is a foreign policy concept associated with the Cold War and containment in Asia, not a domestic social program. It explains geopolitical strategy rather than social welfare or reform initiatives, so it is not a predecessor for domestic Great Society reforms.
Option 3: 'Nixon's Doctrine' — The Nixon Doctrine pertains to U.S. foreign policy in the late 1960s and 1970s, particularly about how allies should handle their own military defense. It does not describe a social welfare or domestic reform program that the Great Society would be building upon.
Option 4: 'The New Deal' — The New Deal was a broad set of domestic programs and reforms introduced during the 1930s in response to the Great Depression, addressing unemployment, social insurance, and economic regulation. The Great Society explicitly built upon this tradition of expanding federal social welfare and public services, extending ideas of federal support for health, education, and welfare programs that had their roots in New Deal policies.
In terms of conceptual linkage, Johnson’s Great Society sought to broaden the scope of federal social programs, continuing the trajectory of expanding government involvement in social welfare established by the New Deal, while also introducing new initiatives in areas like education, healthcare, and civil rights. The other options either refer to theories or policies unrelated to domestic social reform, or pertain to different historical contexts that do not constitute a direct antecedent to Great Society reforms.
Taken together, Option 4 aligns with the historical relationship between these programs, while Options 1–3 do not capture the intended lineage of social reform that the Great Society was designed to extend.

Question at position 15 President Johnson's "Great Society" program was meant to expand upon which previous program's social reforms?Progressive ProgramEinsenhower's Domino TheoryNixon's DoctrineThe New Deal题目解析单项选择题

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