Question

What percentage of people in the United States were living in poverty when President Johnson took office? about 5 percent about 10 percent about 25 percent about 45 percent

Answer 1

Nearly, twenty to twenty-five percent of the Americans were poor at the time, the U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson introduced the  “unconditional war on poverty” in his first State of the Union address, in January 1964.

Societal failure was the major reason for the Americans being poor. However, his administration was weakened and there was re-election during 1968.

Answer 2

Answer:

The rate of poverty that hailed around the United States of America when the office was taken over by Johnson as the President was 10% of the total population.

United States of America is developed in the recent times but during the phase when Johnson was elected to be the President, a part of the population throughout the country suffered poverty at the extremes.