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1965 National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
-Gave financial assistance to assist art makers
PAINTERS
MUSICIANS
ACTORS
strengthened the educational resources of colleges and universities and provided financial assistance for students
in higher education
GRANTS!
LOANS!
other programs
Period 7
- Was passed to overcome legal barriers which prevented African Americans from voting such as mistreatment and violence.
-Almost immediately encouraged Black voters in the south.
-example Mississippi 6% of blacks voted in 1964 to 59% in 1965.
-Elected vice president in 1960
-36th president of the US in 1963
-Initiated "Great Society Program"
Essential Question:
How successful was Lyndon B Johnson’s Great Society Program of the 1960's?
-directed money to school for
TEXTBOOKS
LIBRARY MATERIALS
SPECIAL EDUCATION
-Funded educational TV and radio broadcasting
Tax Reduction Act 1964
-reduced both income and corporate tax rates
-helped boost the economy
-introduced many new tax reforms
-set aside nine million acres for national forest lands.
-saved many national forests.
Economic Opportunity Act 1964
-created Job Corps,VISTA, Project Head Start, and other programs to fight the "war in poverty"
-provided jobs and training
-expanded educational services
-increased the safety net for the poor and unemployed
-gave health and financial needs of the elderly
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-guaranteed that federal grants were being spent on set projects
helped coordinate projects, whether they were for urban renewal, highways, transit or other construction
-proposed by president John F. Kennedy, signed by president Lyndon B. Johnson
-banned discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin, is considered one of the crowning legislative achievements of the civil rights movement.
-Highways
-Health centers
-Resource development
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Medicare Act 1965
-provides insurance for elderly and disabled people
-Medicare cost is lower than any other large health plan
-44 years of Medicare Success
-Required states to clean up their rivers
Omnibus Housing Act 1965
-provided money for low-income housing
-created major government departments including the Housing and Urban Development and the Urban Renewal Administration
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- Expansions in Federal Housing Programs
-executed policies on housing and metropolises (overpopulated area)
-increased home ownership
Before the amendment was passed it was used by southern states to prevent AA’s from voting by adding a toll.
Removed that toll when amendment was passed
-set federal air pollution guidelines and extended federal enforcement power.
-Enforced and controlled all air pollution infringements.
set and administered new safety standards for motor vehicles and road traffic safety.
-Set standards for labeling consumer products
TRUTH!
-Directed the federal government to establish emission standards for new motor vehicles
-made sure no new cars created an abundance of air pollution
-required states to make highways safety programs
Abolished National Origins Formula that was established in 1924
The N.O.F restricted the immigration of Southern and Eastern Europeans and nonwhites from entering the United States.
Example;
Im a city girl
in a low income world
Life in poverty
its a tragedy
Lyndon Johnson’s E.O.A helped
His program gave me wealth
Thank you Johnson
You made my life blossom
Your assignment: You will be assigned a “Great Society” issue such as poverty, discrimination, environment, or consumerism. You will make 8 stanzas to the song “Barbie Girl” by replacing the lyrics with the subject we give you. Include how the program was successful.