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23 Cards in this Set
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John F. Kennedy
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Senator of Massachusetts emerged as the Democratic candidate
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Failed in his own attempt to obtain the Democratic nomination
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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 America 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, Fulgencio Batista
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Marked a historic turning point in the U.S.-Soviet relations
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Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
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In 1963 the U.S., the Soviet Union, and Great Britain sign this 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 U.S. and the Soviet Union that enabled the leaders of the two countries to communicate directly during a crisis
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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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She served as a secretary of health and human services in the administration of President Bill Clinton
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Robert "Bobby" Kennedy
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Brother of JFK and attorney general
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New Frontier
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JFK's agenda
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Area Development Act
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A bill to provide financial assistance to economically distressed regions that former president Eisenhower had previously vetoed
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Michael Harrington
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Published The Other America, a well-documented study of poverty in the US
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Lee Harvey Oswald
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He was arrested as suspect in the JFK assassination
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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 the for the creation of an office of Economic Opportunity
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Office of Economic Opportunity
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coordinated a seris of new antipoverty programs
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Vista
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a domestic version of the peace corps
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Great Society
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this is wat Johnson called his domestic reform program.
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Barry Goldwater
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a Conservative from Arizona
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Medicaid
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a government program that provides free health care to the needy
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