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31 Cards in this Set
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JFK
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The democratic candidate and the eventual winner of the 1960 election
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LBJ
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Kennedy's running mate for the presidency
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flexible response
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JFK's foreign policy 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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a program to expand economic aid to Latin america
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Fidel Castro
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led an uprising that succeeded in Cuba
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Cuban missile crisis
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The brink of Nuclear war with Cuba and the Soviet Union
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Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
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ended the testing of nuclear bombs in the atmosphere and underwater
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hot line
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enabled the leaders of the two countries to communicate during a crisis
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Jacqueline Kennedy
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JFK's 1st lady
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Donna Shalala
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One of the many Americans motivated by under Kennedy's vision Secretary of health and human services under Bill Clinton
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Bobby Kennedy
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brother to John and Attorney General under him
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New Frontier
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Kennedy's plan for the US
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Area Redevelopment Act
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a bill to provide economic assitance to destressed regions
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Michael Harrington
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published a well- documented study of poverty in America
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Lee Harvey Oswald
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the man who shot Kennedy
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Warren Commission
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spent ten months reviewing the evidence from JFK's assasination
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War on Poverty
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Johnson's plan for America
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Office of Economic Opportunity
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Johnson sent for this to be created by congress
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Volunteers in service to America
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a domestic version of the Peace Corps
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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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Medicare
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a national health insurance program for people over 65
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act
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provided $1.3 billion in aid to schools in poor areas
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Robert C. Weaver
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first African american member of a presidential cabinet of the Department of housing and Urban development
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting
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a nonprofit organization dedicated to offering educational television programing
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Rachel Carson
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contributed to enviromental concern
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Earl Warren
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Chief Justice that extended individual rights
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Reynolds v. sims
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the court further extended equality in the voting booth
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berlin wall
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russians put wall up in berlin
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flexible response
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Strategy adopted by the Kennedy administration of keeping a range of options open for dealing with international crises.
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