2. The Great Society
• “For in your time we have
the opportunity to move
not only toward the rich
society and the powerful
society but upward to the
great society.”-LBJ
• Poverty & Racism would end
• All Children would have
access to education
• Every City would have cultural
aspects
• Saw this as an extension to
the Bill of Rights
3. The Great Society cont
• 1. Medicare-a Natl. Health Insurance Program for people over 65
• Medicaid-free health care for the needy
• 2. Elementary and Secondary School Act
• $1.3 Billion to poor schools
• 3. Voting Rights Act (1965)
• Brought entire registration process for voting under federal control (Literacy
Tests)
• "We have lost the South for a generation.”-LBJ
4. The Great Society cont
• 4. Department of Transportation created
• Began to regulate interstate and intrastate travel!
• 5. Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
• Cabinet level position w/billions of low-income housing programs
• 1st African-American Cabinet member
• Robert C. Weaver
