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21 Cards in this Set
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John F. Kennedy
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the democratic candidate for the 60 election and won
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Kennedy chose him as vice pres
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flexivle response
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a strategy where there were several options available no mater what
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Peace Corps
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Kennedy's first corp
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Alliance for Progress
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a program that expanded economic aid
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Fidel Castro
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a rebel leader that led an uprising that succeeded in overthrowing the Cuban dictator
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Berlin Wall
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most widely recognized symbol of cold war
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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a historic turning point in us soviet reations
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Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
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it was 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 us and ussr to communicate directly during the cuban missile crisis
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Jacqueline Kennedy
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JFK's wife
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Donna Shalala
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she served as secretary of health and human services motivated by kennedy
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Robert Kennedy
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bobby he was put in as attorney general
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New Frontier
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JFK's agenda became known as this
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Area Redevelopment Act
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a bill to provide financial assistance to economically distressed regions.
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michael harrington
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a social activist who published the other America a well documented study of poverty in the us
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Lee Harvey Oswald
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suspected of killing jfk
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the warren commission
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spent 10 months reviewing evidence in the assassination
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War on Poverty
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a project to help eliminate poverty
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office of economic opportunity
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it coordinated a series of anti-poverty programs
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volunteers in service to america
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a domestic version of peace corps
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