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Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), 1964
Volunteers in Service to America is an anti-poverty program created by Lyndon Johnson's Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 as the domestic version of the Peace Corps. Initially, the program increased employment opportunities for conscientious people who felt they could contribute tangibly to the War on Poverty. -
Economic Opportunity Act, 1964
The Economic Opportunity Act, 1964 was central to Johnson's Great Society campaign and its War on Poverty. Implemented by the since disbanded Office of Economic Opportunity, the Act included several social programs to promote the health, education, and general welfare of the poor. -
Medicaid, 1965
Passed by the Social Security Amendments of 1965. It was legislation in the United States whose most important provisions resulted in creation of two programs: Medicare and Medicaid. The legislation initially provided federal health insurance for the elderly (over 65) and for poor families. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
The Act is an extensive statute which funds primary and secondary education, while explicitly forbidding the establishment of a national curriculum. -
Water Quality Act, 1965
The Water Quality Act is the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution. Commonly abbreviated as the CWA, the act established the goals of eliminating releases of high amounts of toxic substances into water, eliminating additional water pollution by 1985, and ensuring that surface waters would meet standards necessary for human sports and recreation by 1983. -
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), 1965
Cabinet department in the Executive branch of the United States federal government. Although its beginnings were in the House and Home Financing Agency, it was founded as a Cabinet department in 1965, as part of the "Great Society" program of President Lyndon Johnson, to develop and execute policies on housing and metropolises. -
The National Foundations of the Arts and Humanities, 1965
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency of the United States established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. -
Immigration Act of 1965
The Immigration Act of 1965 abolished the National Origins Formula that had been in place in the United States since the Immigration Act of 1924. It was proposed by United States Representative Emanuel Celler of New York, co-sponsored by United States Senator Philip Hart of Michigan, and heavily supported by United States Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts.[ -
Medicare, 1965
Congress observed that two groups were left out of the employment-focused model: the retired elderly and the unemployed poor and passed Medicare. -
The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, 1966
The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act was enacted in the United States in 1966 to empower the federal government to set and administer new safety standards for motor vehicles and road traffic safety. -
Clean Water Restoration Act, 1966
Clean Water Restoration Act was passed by the EPA in 1966 to protect human health and environment.
