Great Society Legislation-Sydney Diulus

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  • Volunteers in Service to America

    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 people who felt they could contribute to the War on poverty. Volunteers served in communities throughout the U.S., focusing on making educational programs better and vocational training for the nation's underprivileged classes.
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  • Economic Opportunity Act of 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. The Act included several social programs to promote the health, education, and general welfare of the poor.

  • Medicare

    Provides hospital and low-cost medical insurance to most Americans age 65 and older.

  • Medicaid

    Provides low-cost health insurance coverage to poor Americans of any age who cannot afford their own private health insurance.

  • Elementart and Secondary Education Act

    The Act is an extensive statute which funds primary and secondary education, while explicitly forbidding the establishment of a national curriculum. As mandated in the Act, the funds are authorized for professional development, instructional materials, resources to support educational programs, and parental involvement promotion.

  • The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

    a 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

    President Lyndon Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act into law. The act called for the creation of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) as separate, independent agencies. The Washington Post called the creation of the endowments "a momentous step."

  • Water Quality Act

    Under the 1965 Act, States were directed to develop water quality standards establishing water quality goals for interstate waters. By the early 1970's, all the States had adopted such water quality standards. Since then, States have revised their standards to reflect new scientific information, the impact on water quality of economic development and the results of water quality controls.

  • 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.

  • National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act

    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 and Restoration Act

    Imposed a fine of $100 per day on any polluter who failed to submit reports required by the law.