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John F. Kennedy
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He eventually emerged as the Democratic candidate.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Kennedy chose this guy, who had failed in his own attempt to obtain the democratic nomination
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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 crisis
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Peace Corp
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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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This 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 dictatorship with ties to the Soviet Union
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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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ended the testing of nuclear bombs in the atmosphere and underwater
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Hot line
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set up between the US 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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she was one of the many Americans motivated to action by Kennedy's vision was...
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Robert "Bobby" Kennedy
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Kennedy's younger brother
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New Frontier
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President JFK's domestic 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 had preiously vetoed
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Michael Harrington
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published The Other America
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Lee Harvey Oswald
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He was arrested as a suspect at the tragedy in dallas
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Warren Commission
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spent ten 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
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Office of Economic Opportunity
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coordinated a series of new antipoverty programs
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Volunteers in Service of America
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a domestic version of the Peace Corps
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Great Society
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Johnson called his domestic reform program the .....
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Barry Goldwater
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a conservative form Arizona as their presidential nominee
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Medicaid
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a government program that provides pendence
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medicare
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a national health insurance program for people over age 65
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act
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provided 2.3 billion in aid to schools in poor areas
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Robert c. Weaver
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He headed this new department, making him 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 program
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Rachel Carson
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Marine biologist, contributed to this environmental movement
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Earl Warren
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the court further defined and extended individual rights
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Reynolds v. Sims
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the court further extended equality in the voting booth y affirming the " one person, one vote" principle
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