History of the United States II / Unit 14 USH2 1965 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The War on Poverty
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The idea
The Economic Opportunity Act of nineteen sixty-four funded programmes to help the poor find work, among them the Job Corps and the Neighborhood Youth Corps.
In practice
Head Start, preparing low-income children for elementary school.
Where people slip
The Yawp says public debate centred on the three billion dollars spent on War on Poverty programmes under the Act.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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