Great Society Timeline

  • Tax Reduction Act

    Tax Reduction Act
    Cut corporate and individual taxes to stimulate growth.
  • Twenty-Fourth Amendment

    Twenty-Fourth Amendment
    abolished the poll tax in federal elections. Citezens had to pay to vote in a mational election.
  • Higher Education Act

    Higher Education Act
    Funded scholarships and low-interest loans for college students.
  • Water quality act

    required states to clean up their rivers. authorized the newly created Federal Water Pollution Control Administration to set standards where states failed to do so.
  • Medicare Act

    Medicare Act
    established Medicare and Medicaid progrtams. Was signed into law by president Lyndon Johnson in 1965.
  • Air Quality Act

    swt federal air pollution guidelines and extended federal enforcement power.One of a series of steps by the national government of the United States to address air pollution