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This act was created to form Job Corps, VISTA, Project Head Start, and other programs to fight the "war on poverty".
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This act outlawed discrimination in public accommodations, housing, and jobs. Also this act increased federal power to prosecute rights abuses.
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This act gave schools money for textbooks, library materials, and special education.
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Medicare provided hospital insurance and low-cost medical insurance for almost every American 65 or older. Medicaid extended health insurance to welfare recipients.
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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.
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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.
