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31 Cards in this Set
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John F. Kennedy
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Senator from Massachsetts who ran for president
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Texas senator who ran for president
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Flexible Response
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Having a number of options in case of international crises
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Peace Corps
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Sent American volunteers to work for two years in developing countries
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Alliance for Progress
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Offered billions of dollars in aid to participating countries
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Fidel Castro
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Led an uprising that succeeded in overthrowing the Cuban dictator
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Berlin Wall
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Wall in the middle of Berlin
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Cuban missile crisis
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Historic turning point in U.S.-Soviet relations
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Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
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Signed to end the testing of nuclear bombs in the atmosphere and underwater
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Hot Line
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Set up between the United States and the Soviet Union
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Jacqueline "Jackie" Kennedy
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Wife of John F. Kennedy
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Donna Shalala
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Inspired by JFK
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Robert Kennedy
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John's younger brother
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New Frontier
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John's new agenda
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Area Redevelopment Act
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Bill to provide financial assistance to economically distressed regions
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Michael Harrington
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Published "The Other America"
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Lee Harvey Oswald
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Killed JFK
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Warren Commission
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Reviewed the evidence
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War on Poverty
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Launched by Johnson to create an Office of Economic Opportunity
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Office of Economic Opportunity
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Created by Johnson
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Volunteers in Service to America
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A domestic version of the Peace Corps
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Great Society
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Johnson's domestic reform program
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Barry Goldwater
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Senator and conservative from Arizona chosen for presidential nominee
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Medicare
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National health insurance
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Medicaid
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A government program that provides free health care to the needy
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act
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Provided $1.3 billion in aid to schools
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Robert C. Weaver
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Headed the HUD department
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting
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Nonprofit organization dedicated to offering educational television programming
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Rachel Carson
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Marine Biologist who contributed to this environment movement
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Earl Warren
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Chief Justice
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Reynolds v. Sims
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Further extended equality in the voting booth
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