Great Society
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| 108544914 | War on Poverty | Difficult economic conditions associated with a national poverty rate of 19% | |
| 108544915 | Office of Economic Opportunity | Agency formed in 1964 to coordinate antiporverty programs | |
| 108544916 | VISTA | volunteers focus on educational & vocational training | |
| 108544917 | Great Society | Programs to improve US Society | |
| 108544918 | Barry Goldwater | US politician founded modern American conservative movement in the USA | |
| 108544919 | Medicare | created in 1965 a health care insurance for people over 65 | |
| 108544920 | Medicad | state-federal program to provide free health care to low income families | |
| 108544921 | Elementary & Secondary Ed Act | 1965 Federal law provided funding 1.3 billion to schools in poor area | |
| 108544922 | Robert C. Weaver | 1st Africian American to hold cabinet official-HUD 1966-1968 | |
| 108544923 | Rachael Carson | "Silent Spring" launching global environmental movement | |
| 108544924 | Lyndon B. Johnson | #36 president-1963-1969 | |
| 108544925 | Immigration Act 1965 | Non--Europeans to settle in the US | |
| 108544926 | Warren Court | banned prayer in public schools | |
| 108544927 | Reappointment | states redraw election districts based on changing number of people |