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Fidel Castro |
president enisenhower cut off diplomatic relations with cuba because of fidel cuba-leader (1959) communist |
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Berlin Wall |
a concrete wall served the city in 2 1961, built to stop east germans from fleaing to west berlin |
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Bay of pigs |
the location of a failed attempt by cuban extiles to invade cuba in 1961 |
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Hot Line |
1963 two nations established the hot line so president can contact other nations |
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Peace corps |
kennedy created it a program of volunteer asstiance to the develpoing nations of asia, africa, and latin america, it was established in 1961 |
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Warren Commision |
group named by unit justice Earl warren that investigated the assianation of kennedy and it concluded that lee harvy oswald was responsable for it |
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Medicare |
helth insurence provides helth care for the aged |
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Medicaid |
helps low income familys , ran by the state |
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Great Society |
speech by johnson outlined a program that would end poverty and revale justice |
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New fronteir |
president john f kennedy legslative program which included proposals to provide medical care for the old, rebuild urban areas, aid, education, and expand the space system program |
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Lydon B Johnson |
succeded to the presidency his ambition and drive had become legendary |
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Reapportionment |
the act of redistributing or changing the appointment of something |
