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Rebecca Dayton's GREAT SOCIETY LEGISLATION, 1964-1966
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Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA)
VISTA supports efforts to alleviate poverty by encouraging individuals from all walks of life to engage in a year of full-time service, without regard to regular working hours, with a sponsor to create programs designed help individuals and communities out of poverty. -
Economic Opportunity Act
The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 served as the first step in the war on poverty aspect of President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society program. The goal was to help the poor by pulling themselves out of poverty. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
Passed in 1965 as a part of the "War on Poverty." ESEA goals were equal access to education and establishes high standards and accountability. The law allows federally funded education programs that are administered by the states. -
Medicaid
Medicaid is the United States health program for people and families with low incomes. It is a program that is jointly funded by the state and federal governments. It is managed by the states. Among the groups of people served by Medicaid are certain U.S. citizens and resident aliens, including low-income adults and their children, and people with certain disabilities. -
Immigration Act of 1965
President Lyndon Johnson signed a bill that has changed the method by which immigrants are came to america. This bill is the Immigration Act of 1965. This act, also known as the Hart-Cellar Act, not only allows more individuals from third world countries to enter the US but also gives a separate quota for them -
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
HUD is a department in the Executive branch of the United States federal government. Although its beginnings were in the House and Home Financing Agency, it is now part of the "Great Society" program of President Lyndon Johnson, to develop and execute policies on housing and metropolises. -
Medicare
Medicare is a social insurance program administered by the United States government, providing health insurance coverage to people who are aged 65 and over, or who meet other special criteria. -
The National Foundations of the Arts and Humanities
The National Foundations of the Arts and Humanities, was to promote progress and scholarship in the humanities and the arts in the United States. -
Water Quality Act
President Johnson signs the Water Quality Act, preventing water pollution by requiring states to enforce water quality standards for interstate waterways. -
The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act
This was made to let the federal government set and administer new safety standards for motor vehicles and road traffic safety. The Act created the National Highway Safety Bureau (now National Highway Traffic Safety Administration). The Act was one of a number of initiative by the government in response to increasing number of cars and associated fatalities and injuries on the road. -
Clean Water Restoration Act
In the late 1960s, the U.S. government passed a series of pollution control acts designed to clean and protect the nation's environment. The intent was to reduce the impact of conventional pollutants in the air and on surface waters. Later, lawmakers recognized that toxic pollutants discharged into the water were also dangerous. They took steps to control these, too. One of the results of their efforts was the Clean Water Act.
