War on Poverty: This is another term coined by President Lyndon B. Johnson during his State of the Union Address in 1964 where he introduced legislation designed to help end poverty in the United States.
Civil Rights Act of 1964: This landmark civil rights and labor law outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. It's like one of those important pillars holding up the 'building' that is the Great Society.
New Deal: A series of public works projects, financial reforms and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in response to the Great Depression. It's like an earlier 'construction project' that also aimed at improving American society but under different circumstances.