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Johnson's Great Society

Johnson's Great Society initiative brought significant environmental and consumer reforms, including the Water Quality Act and Clean Water Restoration Act, which set water quality standards and funded environmental research.

Johnson's Great Society

Johnson's Great Society

HEALTH CARE REFORM

Medicaid
Government provided Health Care to the poor and disabled who were not apart of the Social Security System.
Medicare
Government Health Care for people over the age of 65

CIVIL RIGHTS

Immigration Act of 1965
Abolished previous quota based on Nationality.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Sent federal officials to the Southern states to be sure blacks were being allowed to register to vote
Ended use of voter literacy tests for voter registration
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Ended discrimination and segregation in public places
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

ENVIRONMENTAL AND CONSUMER REFORM

Water Quality Act & Clean Water Restoration Act

Brought water quality standards in America.

Provided funding for environmental research

National Traffic & Motor Vehicle Safety Act
Made new safety standards in vehicles such as, seat belts Standard in all cars.

EDUCATION REFORM

Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Was provided to public, private, and parochial schools.
Provided $1.3 billion in aid
Provided education aid in States with more students in low-income housing.
National Foundation of the Arts and Humanities
Expanded cultural education those in poverty.
Offered grants to artist and scholars.
Higher Education Act
Designed to provide aid to student seeking post secondary education (masters, MD, Ph.D, etc. )
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Subtopic

Help promote public broadcasting by funding local and tv stations.

Head Start
Funds provided funds for play groups, day care, and activities designed to help underprivileged children get ready for elementary school.
Very Successful element of Economic Opportunity Act
Preschool program for low-income students that provided health care, nutrition services, and social security.

THE WAR ON POVERTY

Economic Opportunity Act of 1964
Received $950 million
Created 10 programs to combat poverty.
VISTA

Patterned after Kennedy's Peace Corps

Sent volunteers to areas in poverty.

Voluenteers in Service to America.

Job Corps

Created to train young men and women between the ages 16 and 21 in works skills to acquire better jobs.

Department of Housing and Urban Development
Provided money for rent supplements and low-income housing.
Develop and rehabilitate urban communities
Established to oversee the nation's housing needs

THE TAX CUT

Proposed by Kennedy
Cut taxes for the middle class
Increased GDP

EFFECTS OF THE GREAT SOCIETY

Increase in Education
Decreased poverty
Government Health Care