Johnson Flashcards
society’s wealth top 20% owned … bottom 20% owned …
77%
0.05%
declared war on poverty
Jan 1964
Economic Opportunity Act & by …
1964
Feb 1965
… states had antipov programmes
… students work study programme
nearly … poor pre-school on Head Start
… families below pov line
44
35,000
1 million
1/3
Civil Rights Act
Voting Rights Act
black Americans in office increased… from …
Fair Housing Act
1964
1965
6x
1965-69
1968
Dep Housing & Urban Dev
Demonstration & Model Cities recieved …
Omnibus Housing Act
1965
1966
$1.2bn
1965
Medicare over … by … … enrolled
65s
1966
19 million
Medicare fees … by …
$144bn
1993
education spending doubled to …
Elem & Sec Education Act over … benefitted
$8bn
1965
6.7 million
Higher Education Act helped …
1965
11 million
college students … 18-22 year olds in … but … by …
15%
1950
52%
1990