| A | B |
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| Economic Opportunity Act | attacked the causes of poverty (illiteracy, unemployment, poor public services) |
| Head Start | provided preschool education for needy children |
| Food Stamps | provided food for needy families |
| Welfare | provided cah payments to the poor |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | supervised the building of low and middle-income housing |
| Medicare | helped citizens 65 years and older pay medical bills |
| Medicaid | provided money to help poor people of all ages including those over 65 who were not covered by Medicare |
| What were some of the important laws and programs put in place during Johnson's Great Administration? | Economic Opportunity Act, Head Start, Food Stamps, Welfare, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Medcaire, and Medicaid |
