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Urban Mass Transportation Act
This act provided financial aid for urban mass transit systems. It provided $375 million for large-scale urban public or private rail projects in the form of matching funds to cities and states. It provided capital grants for up to 50% of the cost of transit improvements. -
Volunteers in service to America
VISTA or 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. Volunteers served in communities throughout the U.S., focusing on enriching educational programs and vocational training for the nation's underprivileged classes. -
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Economic Opportunity Act
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. Although most of the initiatives in the Act have since been modified, weakened, or altogether rolled -
Medicare
He made a thing called. medicare. Medicare provided health insurance and medical attention to people 65 or older. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
It eliminated prevopis strategies used to keep minorities and women from voting, inclduing literacy tests. Required that ballots be provided be provided in other languages if requested. -
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
Abolished the National Origins Formula that had been in place since 1924. The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 meant that preference was no longer given to immigrants from Northern European countries. It allowed people from other areas including Asia and Africa equal immigration status into the US. It continued to restrict the number of immigrants allowed into the US annually. -
Department of Housing and Urban Development Act
Formed to administer federal housing programs. Commonly referred to as "HUD." It is a major revision to federal housing policy in the United States which instituted several major expansions in federal housing programs. -
The National Foudations of the Arts and 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. -
Elementray and Secondary Education Act of 1965
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) is a United States federal statute enacted April 11, 1965. It was passed as a part of the "War on Poverty" and has been the most far-reaching Federal legislation affecting education ever passed by Congress. The Act is an extensive statute which funds primary and secondary education. It also emphasizes equal access to education and
