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Great Society

(Encyclopedia)Great Society, in U.S. history, term for the domestic policies of President Lyndon Johnson. In his first State of the Union message, he called for a war on poverty and the creation of a “Great Socie...

Great Divide

(Encyclopedia)Great Divide: see Continental Divide. ...

Great Meadows

(Encyclopedia)Great Meadows: see Fort Necessity. ...

Great Alföld

(Encyclopedia)Great Alföld: see Alföld, plain, Hungary. ...

Great Blasket

(Encyclopedia)Great Blasket: see Blasket Islands, Ireland. ...

Great Miami

(Encyclopedia)Great Miami, river: see Miami, river. ...

Great Valley

(Encyclopedia)Great Valley: see under Appalachian Mountains. ...

Great War

(Encyclopedia)Great War: see World War I.

Great Ouse

(Encyclopedia)Great Ouse, river: see Ouse (1,) England. ...

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