The
Great Society was a set of domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President
Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964–65. The main goal was the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. President Johnson first used the term "Great Society" during a speech at
Ohio University, then unveiled the program in greater detail at an appearance at
University of Michigan. New major spending programs that addressed education, medical care, urban problems, and transportation were launched during this period. The program and its initiatives were subsequently promoted by him and fellow
Democrats in Congress in the 1960s and years following. The Great Society in scope and sweep resembled the
New Deal domestic agenda of
Franklin D. Roosevelt.