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War on Poverty Alleviate poverty War on Discrimination To eliminate discrimination

 Eliminate Poverty & Racial Injustice  End Ignorance  Overcome Disease  Revitalize the Cities  Share the Abundance

 No discrimination in public accommodations, housing & jobs

 Prohibited the practice of using literacy tests  Assisted blacks in registering to vote

 Banned the use of the poll tax

 Preference not given to race

 Public health insurance for elderly Americans through social security

 Federal grants to pay the medical bills of needy persons

 Volunteers in Service to America  Domestic Peace Corps

 No more than 20,000 from one country  Preference given to skilled workers & professionals w/ family ties to the U.S. (no more than 120,000 from W. Hemisphere) (no more than 170,000 from E. Hemisphere)

 Provided Federal funds for schools with large #’s of children from low-income families  Also created Head Start

 Money for low-income kids to attend college

 $2.9 billion for building new low-rent apartment buildings in cities

 Mass transit  Provided $ for the nations bus & rail systems