Tax Reduction Act (1964)
Wilderness Preservation
Act (1965)
Cut corporate and
individual taxes to stimulate Set aside over 9 million
growth
acres for national forest
lands
Air Quality Act (1967)
Set federal air pollution
guidelines and extended
federal enforcement power
Highway Safety Act
(1966)
Economic Opportunity
Act (1964)
Created Jobs Corps,
VISTA, Project Head Start,
and other programs to fight
“war on poverty”
Clean Air Act
Amendment (1965)
Truth in Packaging Act
(1966)
Set standards for labeling
consumer products
Required states to clean up
their rivers
Medical Care Act (1965)
Established Medicare and
Medicaid programs
Directed the federal
government to establish
emission standards for new
motor vehicles
Elementary and
Secondary Education Act
(1965)
Demonstration Cities and
Immigration Act (1965)
Metropolitan Area
Redevelopment Act (1966) Ended national-origins
quotas established in 1924
Funded slum rebuilding,
mass transit, and other
improvements for selected
“model” cities”
Civil Rights Act (1964)
Outlawed discrimination in
public accommodations,
housing and jobs; increased
federal power to prosecute
civil rights abuses
24th Amendment (1964)
Abolished the poll tax in
federal elections
Higher Education Act
(1965)
Funded scholarships and
low-interest loans for
college students
Voting Rights Act (1965)
Ended the practice of
requiring voters to pass
literacy tests and permitted
the federal government to
monitor voter registration
Set federal safety standards
for the auto and tire
industries
Water Quality Act (1965)
Required states to set up
highway safety programs
Directed money to schools
for textbooks, library
materials, and special
education
National Traffic and
Motor Vehicle Safety Act
(1966)
Department of Housing
and Urban Development
(1965)
Department of
Transportation (1966)
Was created to deal with
national air, rail, and
highway transportation
Appalachian Regional
Development Act (1965)
Targeted aid for highways,
health centers, and resource
development in that
economically depressed
area
Corporation for Public
Broadcasting (1967)
Was formed to fund
Was formed to administer
educational TV and radio
federal housing programs in broadcasting
urban areas
National Foundation on
the Arts and the
Humanities (1965)
Was created to financially
assist painters, musicians,
actors and others in arts
education
Omnibus Housing Act
Provided money for lowincome-housing in cities
Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society Programs 1964-1967
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