The Economic Opportunity Act was created to address <u>POVERTY.</u>
The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 was the main Act of the "War on Poverty", a legislation introduced in the 1960s aiming to help end the poverty in the U.S. and make society more just and equitable. At the same time, War on Poverty was a major element of the "Great Society" legislative agenda of the President Lyndon Johnson's term (1963-69).
The act provided funds for job training, adult education, and loans to small businesses to attack the roots of unemployment and poverty. To achieve this, it established over a thousand of Community Action Agencies at the local level to implement its programs and required poor people to participate in their planning process as well.
The Economic Opportunity Act was created to address poverty. Although it should be noted that some aspects of the Act were indirectly focussed on health as well.
The feeling is best described as heartbraking because they moved west because they were basically forced out. how would you feel if people who youve done nothing but help kick you out of your home when your family has lived there for generations. many people died on the journey by diseases and conditions they werent accustomed to.
Pros were that they were able to work in the military and serve their country cons were that they were still segregated and after the war their treatment did not differ much from before
