war on poverty alleviate poverty war on discrimination to eliminate discrimination
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Eliminate Poverty & Racial Injustice End Ignorance Overcome Disease Revitalize the Cities Share the Abundance
Johnson Believed:
Prohibited the practice of using literacy tests
Assisted blacks in registering to vote
Voting Rights Act 1965
No more than 20,000 from one country Preference given to skilled workers &
professionals w/ family ties to the U.S.
(no more than 120,000 from W. Hemisphere)(no more than 170,000 from E. Hemisphere)
Immigration Act 1965
Provided Federal funds for schools with large #’s of children from low-income families
Also created Head Start
Elementary & Secondary Education Act 1965
$2.9 billion for building new low-rent apartment buildings in cities
Department of Housing & Urban Development