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25 Cards in this Set
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JFK
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Won the 1960 Presidential Election
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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JFK's Vice President
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Flexible Response
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strategy used in the cold war that had a number of options
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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 countries
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Fidel Castro
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led an uprising in Cuba
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Berlin Wall
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widely recognized symbol in the Cold War
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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historic turning point in U.S. -Soviet relation
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Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
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end nuclear testing
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hot line
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set up between the U.S. and Soviet Union
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Jaqueline Kennedy
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brought glamour to the Kennedy White House
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Donna Shalala
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secretary of health and human services in the administration of Bill Clinton
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Bobby Kennedy
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JFK's brother
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New Frontier
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JFK's new campaign
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ARA
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bill to provide financial assistance to economically distressed regions
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Michael Harrington
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The author of The Other America
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Lee Harvey Oswald
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assassinated JFK
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Warren Commission
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spent ten months reviewing JFK's murder
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War on Poverty
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war on the poor
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OEO
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new series of antipoverty programs
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VISTA
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domestic version of the Peace Corps
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Great Society
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LBJ's domestic reforms
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Barry Coldwater
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LBJ's running mate
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Medicare
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national health insurance program
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Medicaid
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free health care to the needy
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