Lyndon B. Johnson
Poverty
Education
Imagration
Healthcare
Environment and Consumer
In 1965 Johnson along with Congress amended the Social Security Act to include Medicare and Medicaid
Although Kennedy had failed to get Congress to approve his tax bill calling for dramatic tax cuts for middle-class Americans , Johnson was able to maneuver it through.
Medicare provides basic health insurance for persons aged 65 or older
Medicaid provides basic medical services for poor and disalbed americans
In addition, he had added a billion-dollar War on Poverty to the bill.
In 1964, the Economic Opportunity Act created the Job Corps to train young men and women between ages of 16 and 21 in the work skills they needed to acquire better jobs and move out of poverty.
The 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act was created to aid schools in poorer communities
It gave federal funds to improve libraries, learning centers, language laboratories and services
In the early 1960's several best-selling books raised Americans' awareness about environmental problems.
Johnson in an attempt to end the discriminatory National Origins Acts of 1921 and 1924
The Water Quality Act (1965) and the Clean Water Restoration Act (1996) aimed at improving water and air standards in the country.
Created the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
It allowed 170,000 immigrants from the Eastern Hemisphere and 120,000 from the western
The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act (1966) established safety standards for automotive vehicles.
Immigrants from Asia and Latin America began to pour into the US providing new ideas, skills and talents