<P> 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 . </P> <P> New major spending programs that addressed education, medical care, urban problems, rural poverty, 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 . </P>

What did the great society hope to achieve