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The Great Society

  • Tax Reduction

    Used to cut corporate and individualize taxes to stimulate growth.
  • Civil Rights Act

    Civil Rights Act
    Outlawed discrimination in public accommodation, housing, and jobs; increased federals power to prosecute civil rights abuse.
  • Immigration Act

    Immigration Act
    Used to end national-origins quotas established in 1924.
  • Medicare Act

    Medicare Act
    Established Medicare and Medicaid programs.
  • Voting Rights Act

    Used to end the practice of requiring voters to pass literacy tests and permitted the federal government to monitor voter registration.
  • National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

    National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
    Was created to financially assist painters, musicians, actors, and the other artists.