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Question 1

when was Medicare introduced + what was it?

Answer 1

1965
established a comprehensive health insurance for all elderly people, financed by social security system

Question 2

when was Medicaid introduced + what was it?

Answer 2

1965
provide health + medical assistance to low-income families, funded by federal + state gov

Question 3

when was the Child Nutrition Act introduced + what did it do?

Answer 3

1966
established a school breakfast program + milk program to improve children’s poor nutrition

Question 4

when was the Elementary + Secondary Education Act introduced + what did it do?

Answer 4

1965
- targeted aid to students + funded related activities
- gave $1 bil/year to schools with a lot of low-income kids
- LBJ said it would help ‘5 mil educationally deprived children overcome their greatest barrier - poverty’

Question 5

when was the Higher Education Act + what did it do?

Answer 5

1965
- supported college tuition scholarships, student loans + work-study programmes for low-and-middle income students
- reauthorised 8x by Congress

Question 6

when was Project Head Start introduced + what did it do?

Answer 6

1965
funded a preschool programme for the disadvantaged

Question 7

when was the Office of Economic Opportunity established + what did it do?

Answer 7

1964
oversaw many programs to improve life in inner cities (incl. job corps)

Question 8

what did the Housing + Urban Development Act (1965) do?

Answer 8

• established new housing subsidy programs + made federal loans + public housing grants easier to obtain
• provided construction of 240,000 houses + $2.9 mil for urban renewal

Question 9

what did the 1968 Housing Act do?

Answer 9

• proposed to build 26 mil homes in 10 years
• first 3 years, Congress provided $1.7 mil
• Act led to cheap, poorly build homes bc LBJ wanted them done quickly (Nixon reduced federal funding later on)

Question 10

what was the no. of families in poverty in 1959 + 1970?

Answer 10

1959 = 40 mil
1970 = >25 mil