Societal Responses to Government Intitiatives

Due to the overwhelming prosperity during the 1960's, people had an overall positive response to the actions taken by the government. Over the decade, the various programs dedicated to eradicating poverty, improving education, and health conditions, showed the public the care that the government had for them. Programs such as medicade, welfare aid, showed the people that their needs were being focused on, and helped them to improve their living situations.

One major oppositions to government intitiatives, was the anti-war movement. Many people did not agree with the decision to enter Vietnam, and so the war caused much conroversy and caused people to speak out against the government in this situation.

Another opposition to government intitiaves was the various race riots that were a result of the government trying to end racial segregation. People felt that that their voices needed to be heard, and so they were willing to do anything to get their ideas across.