The origin of the document is that it is a State of the Union Address by

President Lyndon Johnson in 1964. The purpose of this source is to persuade

Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and to recognize the issues in
employment, education, and housing. He addresses Republicans and
Democrats, when he mentions that states need to use their power to end poverty,
which is leaning more towards Republicans, despite him being a Democrat. He
mainly wants to pass his programs from the Great Society. The value of the
source is that it summarizes LBJ's goals and ideology in his own words because
it is a primary source. Another value is that it shows what tactics he used to
convince Congress to support his goals. The limitation of this source is that LBJ
does not mention the negatives in his office because that would make him look
bad. Another limitation is that his address is mainly directed towards working
class Americans and the impoverished, whereas the top 1% of rich people are
not included.

The origin of the source is a speech by Ronald Reagan to support Barry

Goldwater when he was running against Lyndon Johnson. The purpose of this
source is to present an argument as to why a Welfare State that LBJ is proposing
and his Great Society may be detrimental to many citizens. His audience is the
Republican Party and Barry Goldwater supporters. A value of this source is that it
is a primary source that provides Reagan's direct gives reasons for why people
would have thought that Goldwater is better qualified than someone like LBJ who
advocates for a Welfare State. It gives an opposing point of view to the Great
Society. Another limitation is that he has the freedom to be more honest and
direct because he is not running for President, and is less filtered than someone
who was running for President. A limitation of the source is that Reagan is mostly
trying to get support from his party, the Republican Party and is not inclusive to
Democrats. You don't see any positives of the Great Society. Another limitation is
that the statistics, which he used were supportive of his agenda, so there is a
possibility of the manipulation of the numbers.