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President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Economic Opportunity Act

The Economic Serial Number: C661-4-wh64. Date: 05/21/1964

Opportunity Act

of 1964

Primary Goals Included:

• Eliminate poverty (the conditions and causes

of poverty)

• Expand educational opportunities

(everyone to have “the opportunity to work and
live in decency and dignity”)

• Increase the safety net for poor and

unemployed