Johnson and the Great Society
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- JOHNSON AND THE GREAT SOCIETY
- Aims
- continue Kennedys work and extend it
- declare war on poverty through 'Great Society'
- planned to improve health of poor and old- providing them with better diet and living conditions
- Objectives
- CIVIL RIGHTS ACT 1964- ban discrimination in public places also set up the Equal Opportunity Commission to implant law
- VOTING ACT 1965- allowed black American the right to vote
- ALL laws banning mixed-race marriage were removed
- THE ECONOMY- cut taxes, improve railways and highways and consumers were allowed to return faulty goods
- MEDICAL CARE ACT 1965- access to health care for all Americans and it was equal
- ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT 1965
- minimum wage increased
- schemes set up t help poor in inner cities
- Opposition
- Republicans accused him of wasting money
- Accused of doing too little to tackle problems in the inner citie
- Escalation of US involvement in war in Vietnam
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