Tham khảo tài liệu 'sat ii history episode 2 part 3', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | REVIEWING THE KENNEDY TO THE BUSH ADMINISTRATIONS Test-Taking Strategy Truman had advocated a similar Medicare program but conservatives in Congress had rejected it. Track how conservative interests have affected American policy in the twentieth century. down in Congress. After Kennedy s assassination Johnson using the powers of persuasion and negotiating skills he had developed as Senate majority leader was able to win passage of a tax cut bill that promised 11 billion in personal and corporate tax relief to boost spending. Johnson s own domestic program was called the Great Society. Major legislation included 1 the Economic Opportunity Act that launched the war on poverty 2 Medicare 3 Medicaid and 4 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. In time the escalating Vietnam War drained Johnson s energy and strained the national budget. The trade-off symbolized by the phrase guns or butter became a reality. To push a tax cut through Congress to ease the growing federal deficit Johnson slashed the funding for social programs and effectively the war on poverty. Civil Rights One of the most far-reaching of Johnson s acts was his issuance of an Executive Order in 1964 that all contractors working on federal projects take affirmative action to ensure that they did not discriminate in hiring or promoting members of minority groups. This Order was meant to enforce the provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for federal projects. The concept became institutionalized when President Nixon set specific goals or quotas for federally financed construction projects. During these years a number of significant pieces of legislation were passed and Supreme Court decisions handed down that expanded civil rights. CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION LEGISLATION RULING SIGNIFICANCE Civil Rights Act 1964 Prohibits discrimination in public accommodations Authorizes the . attorney general to intervene on behalf of victims of discrimination Forbids employers and unions to discriminate .
