1. Racial Equality
The Johnson era was a watershed in the struggle for racial equality in the United States. The Johnson administration helped black Americans remove legal barriers to equal citizenship and legally destroyed the system of racial segregation, which greatly eased racial tensions in the South in particular, creating a favorable environment for the economic takeoff of the South in the 1970s as northern and foreign capital moved southward in force.
2. The standard of health care was greatly improved.
In the medical field, the Medical Care and Medical Assistance Acts were enacted in 1965. The former solved, to a certain extent, the problem of treating the elderly in the United States, while the latter provided medical assistance to low-income families receiving social assistance and raising children, as well as to families who could not afford medical expenses.
In addition, Johnson pushed Congress to pass more than 40 health care bills, including the Nurse Training Program and the Street Health Station Program. With the enactment and implementation of these health care bills, the standard of health care in the United States has risen dramatically.
3, the national quality improved
In the field of education, in 1965, the enactment of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and the Higher Education Act. The former was the first law in the United States to provide general assistance to primary and secondary schools by the federal government, which gave a strong impetus to the development of primary and secondary education in the United States. By 1968, some 6.7 million young people had benefited from the Act.
4. Improvement of Housing Conditions
In the area of housing and urban development, the Housing and Urban Development Act was enacted, allocating $7.5 billion for urban renewal and the construction of 240,000 units of low-rent public **** housing to meet the housing needs of low-income people.
5. Progress in Equal Values
There has been a great progress in equal values since the 1960s, which is mainly reflected in the enhancement of the rights of the black people; however, on the other hand, there is a great deal of discrimination against ethnic minorities in law enforcement and justice.
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