Domestic+Policy

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 **The President during the Civil Rights Act was Lyndon B. Johnson. In 1964 the congress passed Public Law 82-352. This Law forbid discrimination of sex and race in hiring, promoting, and firing. The Civil Rights Act helped bring changes in american education. It also gave equal rights to African Americans. The law didn't allow discrimination in public, government, and employment. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made Jim Crow Laws illegal, but at first there was very little reinforcement, but eventualy it became sucessful because the government had steped in.

Another act that provided help was the War on Poverty Act which provided $947.5 million dollars for job training centres, loans to poor students and low-income farmers, and basic education programs. The Economic Opportunity Act included social programs to promote health, education, and general welfare of the poor. Its remaining programs include Head Start and Job Corps.**