Policies in Action: Expanding Opportunity in America
Examine how government policies have expanded opportunities for Americans. Click each blue video button to learn what actions were taken. Click the green +/- buttons to see the expansion and limitations outcomes that resulted. Click the orange button to see an update on the program. Finally, complete a short constructed response question.
Policies that Opened Doors
Affirmative Action
Title IX
Great Society Programs
Medicare
University Admissions Reforms
Higher Education Access
Executive Order 11246
School Athletics
Job Corps
Head Start
HUD
Where are they now?
Where are they now?
Where are they now?
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Before Title IX, only 1 in 27 girls played high school varsity sports. By 2001 that figure rose to 1 in 2.5. Title IX remains central to educational equality. It now extends protections to gender identity and sexual harassment issues, though funding gaps remain in athletics.
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These programs helped expand economic and educational opportunities for many Americans. The Great Society created Medicare and Head Start, which improved healthcare and education for low-income families. Title IX opened doors for women in sports and colleges, giving them more access to scholarships and careers.
Score: 2 points
Title IX made schools stop segregation and the Great Society helped women get the right to vote.
Score: 0 points
The Great Society helped poor people by starting programs like Medicare. It also created more jobs for Americans.
Score: 1 point
- Mentions two correct effects (Great Society’s social programs; Title IX’s expansion of women’s opportunities).
- Shows clear understanding of how these programs expanded opportunity.
- Identifies one valid effect (Medicare helping the poor).
- The “created more jobs” statement is vague and not tied to a specific policy outcome.
- Partial but correct understanding of one effect
- Contains factually incorrect information (Title IX did not address segregation or voting rights).
- Does not demonstrate accurate understanding of economic or educational opportunities created by these policies.
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Short Constructed-Response Question
How did government policies such as the Great Society, Title IX, and affirmative action create or expand economic opportunities for Americans? Describe two effects of these programs.
Type your brief response in your notes or a separate document before moving on to scoring.
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What did President Lyndon B. Johnson envision with his suite of domestic programs known as the Great Society? What did the programs entail, and what became of them after the 1960s?
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Recent Supreme Court rulings have limited the use of race-conscious admissions, though diversity efforts persist in hiring and outreach programs
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The cost of the Vietnam War ultimatley led President Johnson to withdraw much of the funding from these domestic programs before he decided not to run for a second term. However many of these domestic programs still exist today
In 1972, U.S. Congress passed Title IX, a law which prohibited discrimination against women in schools, colleges, and universities -- including school-sponsored sports. Before this law, female athletes were few and far between, and funding was even scarcer.
Affirmative action is a policy framework designed to address historical and systemic inequalities by promoting opportunities for individuals from underrepresented or disadvantaged groups, particularly in areas such as education, employment, and government contracts.
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Policies in Action: Expanding Opportunity in America
Examine how government policies have expanded opportunities for Americans. Click each blue video button to learn what actions were taken. Click the green +/- buttons to see the expansion and limitations outcomes that resulted. Click the orange button to see an update on the program. Finally, complete a short constructed response question.
Policies that Opened Doors
Affirmative Action
Title IX
Great Society Programs
Medicare
University Admissions Reforms
Higher Education Access
Executive Order 11246
School Athletics
Job Corps
Head Start
HUD
Where are they now?
Where are they now?
Where are they now?
Short Constructed-Response Question
Score Your Response
Submit Your Response
4/4
Higher Education Concept Map
Contextualize your topic with a subtitle
Write a great headline
Write a great headline
A great title
A great title
A great title
A great title
Subtitle great
Subtitle great
Subtitle great
Subtitle great
Subtitle great
Subtitle great
Subtitle great
Subtitle great
Higher Education Concept Map
Contextualize your topic with a subtitle
Write a great headline
Write a great headline
Subtitle great
Subtitle great
Subtitle great
Subtitle great
Subtitle great
Subtitle great
Subtitle great
Subtitle great
Animation
WOW Effect
Interactivity
Creativity
Infographics
Presentation
Guide
Design
Great
Magic
<Expansions and Limitations>
Before Title IX, only 1 in 27 girls played high school varsity sports. By 2001 that figure rose to 1 in 2.5. Title IX remains central to educational equality. It now extends protections to gender identity and sexual harassment issues, though funding gaps remain in athletics.
<Expansions and Limitations>
What would be your score?
Compare your written response to the scored samples below
These programs helped expand economic and educational opportunities for many Americans. The Great Society created Medicare and Head Start, which improved healthcare and education for low-income families. Title IX opened doors for women in sports and colleges, giving them more access to scholarships and careers.
Score: 2 points
Title IX made schools stop segregation and the Great Society helped women get the right to vote.
Score: 0 points
The Great Society helped poor people by starting programs like Medicare. It also created more jobs for Americans.
Score: 1 point
<Expansions and Limitations>
Short Constructed-Response Question
How did government policies such as the Great Society, Title IX, and affirmative action create or expand economic opportunities for Americans? Describe two effects of these programs.
Type your brief response in your notes or a separate document before moving on to scoring.
<Expansions and Limitations>
What did President Lyndon B. Johnson envision with his suite of domestic programs known as the Great Society? What did the programs entail, and what became of them after the 1960s?
<Expansions and Limitations>
I'm ready for the next challenge! Lets go back to the Era Page
Recent Supreme Court rulings have limited the use of race-conscious admissions, though diversity efforts persist in hiring and outreach programs
<Expansions and Limitations>
<Expansions and Limitations>
The cost of the Vietnam War ultimatley led President Johnson to withdraw much of the funding from these domestic programs before he decided not to run for a second term. However many of these domestic programs still exist today
In 1972, U.S. Congress passed Title IX, a law which prohibited discrimination against women in schools, colleges, and universities -- including school-sponsored sports. Before this law, female athletes were few and far between, and funding was even scarcer.
Affirmative action is a policy framework designed to address historical and systemic inequalities by promoting opportunities for individuals from underrepresented or disadvantaged groups, particularly in areas such as education, employment, and government contracts.
<Expansions and Limitations>