Question

President Johnson gave this speech because the United States faced which of these problems? a high level of poverty failure to pass a minimum wage law widespread unemployment unequal pay for women

Answer 1

President gave his speech because of women suffrage.

Answer 2

The whole question is

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?

• a high level of poverty

• failure to pass a minimum wage law

• widespread unemployment

• unequal pay for women

Correct answer is A) a high level of poverty