Johnson runs against Barry Goldwater of Arizona,Johnson easily wins but a more radical side of conservatism emerges and guys like Reagan and Nixon will make names for themselves,Great Society had the Presidency and Congress which Truman did not have,Great Society Programs: Medicare: health care for those over 65; Medicaid: health care for poor and disabled; food stamps, federal $ for the arts, public housing, regulation of auto industry, Rachel Carson's book "Silent Spring" exposed the use of pesticides and helped lead to the Clean Air and Water Act, Great Society expands the welfare state, Criticized for being too costly, inefficient, too idealistic, created dependency