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31 Cards in this Set
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John F. Kennedy
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Of Massachusetts eventually emerged as the Democratic candidate
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Who had failed in his own attempt to obtain the Democratic nomination
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Flexible response
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Preferred to have 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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The most widely recognized symbol of the Cold War
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Cuban missile crisis
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Marked a historic turning point in U.S.-Soviet relations
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Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
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End the testing of nuclear bombs in the atmosphere and underwater
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Hot line
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Was also set up between the United States and the Soviet Union
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Jacqueline Kennedy
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Contributed to the glamour and mystique that surrounded the Kennedy White House
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Donna Shalala
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One of the many Americans motivated to action by Kennedy's vision
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Rober Kennedy
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For the position of attorney general, Kennedy selected his younger brother
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New Frontier
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John F. Kennedy's presidential campaign agenda
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Area Redevelopment Act
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A bill to provide financial assistance to economically distressed regions that former president Eisenhower
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Micheal Harrington
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Published "The Other America," A well-documented study of poverty in the U.S.
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Lee Harvey Oswald
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One of the suspects
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Warren Commission
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Spent 10 months reviewing the evidence
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War on Poverty
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Johnson sent to Congress a bill calling for the creation of an
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Office of Economic Opportunity
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With a budget of 1 billion
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Volunteers in Service to America
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A domestic version of the Peace Corps. Congress passed the antipoverty legislation in late August
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Barry Goldwater
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A conservative from Arizona
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Medicare
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A national health insurance program for people over age 65
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Medicaid
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A government program that provides free health care to the needy
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Great Society
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Domestic reform
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act
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Which provided 1.3 billion in aid to schools in poor areas
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Robert C. Weaver
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Headed this new department, making him to the first African American member of a presidential cabinet
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting
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A nonprofit organization dedicated to offering educational television programming
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Rachel Carson
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Contributed to this environmental movement
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Earl Warren
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The Court further defined and extended individual individual rights
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Reynolds V. Sims
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The court further extended equality in the voting booth by affirming the "one person, one vote"
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