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The Great Society (Environment and consumer (The goal of the Great Society…
The Great Society
Environment and consumer
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Books such as "silent spring" which showed how chemical fertilizers and pesticides were damaging the ecosystem, and the book "unsafe at any speed," which attacked automotive industry for lack of concern for the safety of passengers
These books helped foster the Water Quality Act, and Clean Water Restoration Act, which both aimed at improving water and air standards in the country. Also the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act established safety standards for automotive vehicles.
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The election of 1964
Republicans nominated Barry Goldwater, who opposed many of Lyndon Johnson's beliefs such as his economic and social views. Johnson easily beat Goldwater due to his civil rights policy.
A major outcome of this election is that the south was no longer solidly democrat, and democrats had both houses of congress.
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Education
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This Increased funds to improve school libraries, learning centers, language laboratories, and services in impoverished school districts.
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Healthcare
Medicaid was also signed into effect which provided basic medical services to the poor and disabled Americans not part of social security system.
In 1965 Congress passed parts of Johnson's legislation. This included the Medicare program. This provided basic hospital insurance for Americans in the Social security program who were 65 years or older.
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Poverty
Johnson declared an "unconditional war on poverty" in his state of the union address." In 1964 the economic opportunity act created the job corps to train young men and women between the ages of 16 and 21 in the work skills they needed to acquire better jobs and move out of poverty.
Also, VISTA was established in which American volunteers were sent to poverty stricken places in America to help them
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Immigration
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 altered the quota system allowing more immigrants to come in from all over. 170,000 immigrants from the eastern hemisphere and 120,000 immigrants from the western hemisphere were now allowed in the country.
Immigrants from places such as Latin America, Asia, and Central America poured into America which provided the country with a new pool of talent, ideas, and skills.
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