Great Society Programs

Flashcards about the Great Society programs.

Civil Rights Act of 1964

• problem: discrimination

• Dissolved discrimination in a variety of areas and increased federal power to take more action on civil rights.

24th Amendment

• problem: discrimination

• Abolished the poll tax in federal elections.

Economic Opportunity Act

• problem: poverty

• Created programs like Job Corps, VISTA, and Project Head Start to eliminate poverty; LBJ’s main offensive in his “war on poverty.”

Elementary and Secondary Education Act

• problem: education

• Provided more than 1 billion to schools for textbooks, library materials, and resources for special education.

Higher Education Act

• problem: education

• Provided scholarships and low-interest loans for students in college.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

• problem: education

• Funded educational TV and radio broadcasting.

Medicare

• problem: poverty

• Health insurance for those who are 65 or older.

Medicaid

• problem: poverty

• Health insurance for those who are low-income.

Omnibus Housing Act

• problem: cities

• Funded low-income housing.

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

• problem: cities

• Administered federal housing programs, helped families pay for better private housing, and built low-rent public housing.

Immigration Act of 1965

• problem: discrimination

• Ended the nationality quotas that were originally set in 1924.

Water Quality Act of 1965

• problem: environment

• Required states to clean their rivers.

Air Quality Act

• problem: environment

• Set air pollution guidelines and extended the federal power to enforce these guidelines.

National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act

• problem: consumer advocacy

• Set federal safety standards for the auto and tire industries.

Truth in Packaging Act of 1965

• problem: consumer advocacy

• Set standards for labeling consumer products.

Voting Rights Act of 1965

• problem: discrimination

• Eliminated literacy tests and allowed the federal government to monitor voter registration.