APUSH- Unit 13- The Great Society

A domestic program in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson that instituted federally sponsored social welfare programs.

-Upward Bound -Project Head Start -Elementary & Secondary Education Act (1965)

helped minority and low income students prepare to go to college

A government-funded program that is designed to provide children from low-income families the opportunity to acquire the skills and experiences important for school success.

1965 Federal law provided funding 1.3 billion to schools in poor areas

Medicare Medicaid (1965)

A federal program of health insurance for persons 65 years of age and older

Federal program that provides medical benefits for low-income persons.

-Model Cities Project -VISTA -Appalachian Redevelopment Act -Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) -Office of Economic Opportunity -Equal Opportunity Act (1964) -Job Corps

In 1966, new legislation led to the more than 150 five-year-long, Model Cities experiments to develop new antipoverty programs and alternative forms of municipal government. The ambitious federal urban aid program succeeded in fostering a new generation of mostly black urban leaders.[1] However, the nation moved to the right after the urban riots of the late 1960s. This led to a shift in goals to bricks and mortar housing and building projects. The program ended in 1974.[2] (info from Wikipedia- best could find)

Volunteers in Service to America which sent volunteers to help people in poor communities

The Act provided money for the development of the Appalachian region of the United States. This region was suffering from intense poverty and a lack of development.

Establishes policies and programs that addresses America's housing needs.

1965 - Part of the war on poverty, it was headed by R. Sargent Shiver, and was ineffective due to the complexity of the problem. It provided Job Corps, loans, training, VISTA, and educational programs.

prohibits lenders from discriminating based on race, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, or age

a work training program for young people between the ages of 16 and 21

-Equal Employment Opportunity Commission -1964 Civil Rights Act -Voting Rights Act (1965) -1965 Executive Order on Affirmative Action -24th Amendment -1968 Civil Rights Act

The equal right of all citizens to the opportunity to obtain employment regardless of their gender, age, race, country of origin, religion, or disabilities.

This act prohibited Discrimination because of race, color, sex, religion, or national origin by employers or labor unions; The adoption by voting registrars of different standards for black and white applicants; and Racial or religious discrimination in public accommodations.

1965; invalidated the use of any test or device to deny the vote and authorized federal examiners to register voters in states that had disenfranchised blacks; as more blacks became politically active and elected black representatives, it rboguth jobs, contracts, and facilities and services for the black community, encouraging greater social equality and decreasing the wealth and education gap

Lyndon Johnson. Requires federal contractors to "take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin". 1967, expanded the Executive Order to include affirmative action.

outlaws the poll tax as a voting requirement in federal elections,

prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, religion, gender, or national origin in sale or rental housing

-Water Quality Act (1965) -Air Quality Act (1965

Required states to issue water quality standards for interstate waters, and authorized the newly created Federal Water Pollution Control Administration to set standards where states failed to do so.

Regulated a broad spectrum of atmospheric pollution sources, including coal-burning factories and automobile exhaust, and appropriated large sums for air pollution abatement programs.

-Immigration and Naturalization Act (1965)

The Act abolished racial restrictions found in earlier immigration statutes. It retained a quota system for nationalities and regions. Eventually, the Act established a preference system which determined which ethnic groups were desirable immigrants and placed great importance on labor qualifications.

- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) - National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

is a federal grant-making agency supporting research, preservation, public programs, and education in the humanities.

an independent federal agency that funds, promotes, and strengthens the creative capacity of communities by providing all Americans with diverse opportunities for arts participation