Education

1. Unit 5- The Cold War

2.  I. Tax Cut Bill of 1964- cut taxes
 Helped the economy grow because people had
money to spend

3.  II. Civil Rights Act of 1964
 Prohibited discrimination based on race,
religion, nationality, and sex

4.  III. Economic Opportunity Act of 1964
 $1B for youth programs- Job Corps, Upward
Bound

5.  IV. Elementary and Secondary Education Act
 $1B for schoold to purchase textbooks and
“Head Start” program

6.  V. Medicare- Health insurance for people over 65
 VI. Medicaid- Health insurance for those on
welfare

7.  VII. Immigration Act of 1965
 Made it more possible for non-European
immigrants to enter the US

8.  VIII. Voting Changes
 A. 24th Amendment- abolished poll taxes
 B. Voting Rights Act- abolishes literacy tests

9.  IX. Landmark Supreme Court cases
 A. Brown v. Board of Education

10.  B. Mapp v. Ohio
 Evidence seized illegally cannot be used against
you- “Exclusionary rule”

11.  C. Gideon v. Wainwright
 Guarantees a lawyer for those who cannot afford
one

12.  D. Escobedo v. Illinois
 An accused person can have a lawyer present
during questioning

13.  E. Miranda v. Arizona
 Verbal evidence during questioning is
inadmissible in court without rights being read