Kennedy and Johnson Years

Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), 1964

Mar 21, 1964

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

Sep 20, 1964

Signed by Lyndon B. Johnson and Michael Herbert on August 20, 1964, the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 was central to Johnson's Great Society campaign and its War on Poverty.

Medicare, 1965

Jan 21, 1965

is a social insurance program administered by the United States government, providing health insurance coverage to people who are aged 65 and over, or who meet other special criteria

Water Quality Act, 1965

Mar 21, 1965

The Clean Water Act is the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution

The National Foundations of the Arts and Humanities, 1965

Mar 21, 1965

AN ACT To provide for the establishment of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities to promote progress and scholarship in the humanities and the arts in the United States, and for other purposes.

Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

Apr 11, 1965

is a United States federal statute enacted April 11, 1965. The Act is an extensive statute which funds primary and secondary education, while explicitly forbidding the establishment of a national curriculum

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), 1965

Aug 10, 1965

is a major revision to federal housing policy in the United States which created the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and instituted several major expansion in federal housing programs.

Medicaid

Sep 15, 1965

is the United States health program for people and families with low incomes and resources. It is a means-tested program that is jointly funded by the state and federal governments, and is managed by the states.

Immigration Act of 1965

Nov 21, 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

Clean Water Restoration Act, 1966

Mar 21, 1966

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the U.S. government passed a series of pollution control acts designed to clean up and protect the nation's environment. The lawmakers' intent was to reduce the impact of conventional pollutants in the air and on surface waters.

The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, 1966

Nov 9, 1966

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.