7 terms

Terms	Definitions
Lyndon Baines Johnson	Kennedy's Vice-President, he was Senate majority leader and candidate for the Democratic nomination in 1960. A master politician, he expanded and pushed through Congress his "Great Society" legislation, the most ambitious social legislation since the New Deal.
Economic Opportunity Act	Approved 1 billion dollars for youth programs, anti-poverty measures, small business loans and job training.
Great Society	LBJ's vision for America, where poverty, ignorance, and prejudice would become a thing of the past.
Medicare and Medicaid	Medicare provided health insurance to everyone over 65 and Medicaid extended health care to welfare recipients.
Immigration Act of 1965	Ended quotas based on nationality, allowing many immigrants to settle in the U.S.
Warren Court	Banned prayer in public schools, reinforced free speech doctrines.
Reapportionment	The Warren court stated that federal courts could tell states how to apportion, or divide, their voting districts.

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