USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 provided federal funds to cities to invest in urban development that met minimum housing standards. 13 The Act provided better access to home mortgages and a rent-subsidy program.

Detailed explanation-2: -Some effects of the Great Society programs are a decreased infant mortality rate and the authorization of Medicare by the Social Security Act of 1965.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was part of Lyndon B. Johnson’s “Great Society” reform package-the largest social improvement agenda by a President since FDR’s “New Deal.” Here, Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act into law before a large audience at the White House.