Johnson's
Great
Society
EFFECTS OF THE GREAT
SOCIETY
Government Health Care
Decreased poverty
Increase in Education
THE TAX CUT
Increased GDP
Cut taxes for the middle class
Proposed by Kennedy
THE WAR ON
POVERTY
Department of Housing and
Urban Development
Established to oversee the nation's housing needs
Develop and rehabilitate urban communities
Provided money for rent supplements and low-income housing.
Economic Opportunity Act of
1964
Job Corps
Created to train young men and women between the ages 16 and 21 in works skills to acquire better jobs.
VISTA
Voluenteers in Service to America.
Sent volunteers to areas in poverty.
Patterned after Kennedy's Peace Corps
Created 10 programs to combat poverty.
Received $950 million
EDUCATION
REFORM
Head Start
Preschool program for low-income students that provided health care, nutrition services, and social security.
Very Successful element of Economic Opportunity Act
Funds provided funds for play groups, day care, and activities designed to help underprivileged children get ready for elementary school.
Corporation for Public
Broadcasting
Subtopic
Help promote public broadcasting by funding local and tv stations.
Higher Education Act
Designed to provide aid to student seeking post secondary education (masters, MD, Ph.D, etc.
)
National Foundation of the Arts
and Humanities
Offered grants to artist and scholars.
Expanded cultural education those in poverty.
Elementary and Secondary
Education Act
Provided education aid in States with more students in low-income housing.
Provided $1.3 billion in aid
Was provided to public, private, and parochial schools.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND
CONSUMER REFORM
National Traffic & Motor Vehicle
Safety Act
Made new safety standards in vehicles such as, seat belts Standard in all cars.
Water Quality Act & Clean
Water Restoration Act
Subtopic
Brought water quality standards in America.
Provided funding for environmental research
CIVIL RIGHTS
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission
Ended discrimination and
segregation in public places
Voting Rights Act of
1965
Ended use of voter literacy tests
for voter registration
Sent federal officials to the Southern states to
be sure blacks were being allowed to register
to vote
Immigration Act of
1965
Abolished previous quota based on Nationality.
New immigration policy based on reuniting immigrant families and attracting skilled labor to the United States.
HEALTH CARE
REFORM
Medicare
Government Health Care for people over the age of 65
Medicaid
Government provided Health Care to the poor and disabled who were not apart of the Social Security System.