Question 5 Nuluple Choice Worth 1 points)
(HC)The quote below comes from a speech given by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964:
I submit, for the consideration of the Congress and the country, the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. The Act does not merely expand old programs or improve what is already
being done. It charts a new course... It can be a milestone in our one-hundred-eighty year search for a better life for our people.
Source: Fordham University. Modern History Sourcebook
President Johnson gave this speech because the United States faced which of these problems?