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Johnson's Tax Cut
With that agreement, the measure was passed on February 26, 1964, and worked just as planned. When the tax cut went into effect, the Gross National Product (GNP) rose by 7.1 percent in 1964, by 8.1 percent in 1965, and by 9.5 percent in 1966. -
The Economic Opportunity Act
The Economic Opportunity Act - On March 16, 1964 the first piece of the Great Society legislation was passed and it was known as the Economic Opportunity Act. This act helped the people who didn’t have much going for them and it gave them a head start towards a better life. It included a domestic peace corps, a system for vocational training; and Head Start, a preschool program designed to prepare children for success in public school. -
The Launch of the Great Society
On May 22, 1964 the Great society was put into action. Johnson decides to combines the then-filibustered Civil Rights Act of 1964 and ambitious federal programs into a vision he calls the Great Society. -
Water Resource Research Act
This was passed on July 17, 1964 and it was passed to foster research on water problems in order to make most of the water in the U.S. consumable. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
On April 9, 1965 the most expensive bill was passed in the U.S. and it was known as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. A former teacher, President Johnson believed that equal access to education was vital to a child’s ability to lead a productive life. -
Johnson passes Medicare into law
The Medicare program was signed on July 30 1965. The law provided hospital and medical insurance for Americans age 65 or older. When the act was passed some 19 million Americans enrolled in the program the exact day it was passed into law. -
Johnson passes Medicaid into law
The Medicaid law was passed on July 30, 1965 and it provided low-cost health care towards people who were poor at the time. The people that were involved in Medicaid could not afford regular health insurance to support them and their families. -
The Department of Housing and Urban Development
The Department of Housing and Urban Development - This act was passed on August 10, 1965 and it was put into action to help oversee the nation’s housing needs to develop and rehabilitate urban communities. It also provided money for rent supplements and low-income housing. -
The National Foundation of the Arts and Humanities
This act was passed on September 29, 1965 and it was an independent federal agency created to to support research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. -
The Immigartion Act
This act replaced the varying quotas with a limit of 20,000 immigrants per year from any one country outside the Western Hemisphere.
