THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Medicare
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Project Head Start
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Office of Economic Opportunity
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Department of housing and urban development
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ( Pub. L. 88–452) authorized the formation of local Community Action Agencies as part of the War on Poverty . These agencies are directly regulated by the federal government.
Detailed explanation-2: -The forty programs established by the Act were collectively aimed at eliminating poverty by improving living conditions for residents of low-income neighborhoods and by helping the poor access economic opportunities long denied from them.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 included the Job Corps, the college Work-Study Program and Head Start, but the following two year period also saw the creation of cornerstone programs such as Food Stamps, Medicare/Medicaid, HUD and others that today remain integral parts of the U.S. safety net.
Detailed explanation-4: -This centerpiece legislation created the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) to coordinate federal antipoverty initiatives and empower the poor to transform their own communities.