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Economic Opportunity Act
This act was created to form Job Corps, VISTA, Project Head Start, and other programs to fight the "war on poverty". -
Civil Rights Act
This act outlawed discrimination in public accommodations, housing, and jobs. Also this act increased federal power to prosecute rights abuses. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
This act gave schools money for textbooks, library materials, and special education. -
Medicare Act
Medicare provided hospital insurance and low-cost medical insurance for almost every American 65 or older. Medicaid extended health insurance to welfare recipients. -
Department of Housing and Urban Development
This act was used to build 240,000 units of low-rent housing and help low and moderate income families pay for better private housing. -
Corporation of Public Broadcasting
This act was formed to fund educational T.V and radio broadcasting. CPB helped fund innovative programs, and it increased the service of public broadcasting throughout the country.
