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30 Cards in this Set
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John F. Kennedy
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Democratic president
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Kennedy's running mate
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Flexible response
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Number of options in case of disaster
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Peace Corps
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Sent Americans to help struggling countries
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Alliance for Progress
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Sent funds to struggling countries
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Fidel Castro
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Communist leader
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Berlin Wall
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Divided West Berlin and East Berlin
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Soviets sent missiles to Cuba
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Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
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End testing of nuclear bombs in atmosphere
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Hot line
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Allowed U.S. and Soviets to communicate
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Jackie Kennedy
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Kennedy's wife
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Donna Shalala
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Secretary of health and human services
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Robert Kennedy
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Kennedy's younger brother
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New Frontier
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Kennedy's presidential agenda
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ARA
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Provided funds to struggling regions
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Michael Harrington
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Social activist
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Warren Commission
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Investigated the Kennedy assassination
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War on Poverty
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To help with economic affairs in America
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OEO
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Coordinated antipoverty programs
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VISTA
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Domestic version of Peace Corps
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Great Society
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Domestic reform
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Barry Goldwater
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Opposed Johnson for 1964 presidential election
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Medicare
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Health insurance for people over 65
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Medicaid
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Provides free health care to the needy
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act
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Provided aid to schools
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Robert C. Weaver
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Headed HUD
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CPB
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Nonprofit for television
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Rachel Carson
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Wrote about enviroment
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Reynolds v. Sims
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Furthered voting equality
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Earl Warren
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Extended individual rights
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