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30 Cards in this Set
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John F. Kennedy
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Senator of Massachusetts
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Kennedy's running partner, that 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 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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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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Berlin Wall
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Most widely recognized symbol for the Cold War.
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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 United States 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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1990s, served as secretary of health and human services in the administration of President Bill Clinton.
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Robert Kennedy
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Attorney general.
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New Frontier
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President John F. Kennedy'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 previously vetoed.
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Michael Harrington
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Published The Other America, a well[-documented study of poverty in the United States.
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Lee Harvey Oswald
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Shot to death by nightclub owner Jack Ruby.
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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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President Lyndon B. Johnson's programs to help poor Americans.
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Office to Economic Opportunity
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Government agency formed in 1964 to coordinate antipoverty programs.
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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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Senator, from Arizona, elected as their presidential nominee.
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Medicaid
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A government program that provides free health care to the needy.
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act
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Provided 1.3 billion dollars in aid to schools in poor areas.
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Robert C. Weaver
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Frist African American member of the presidential cabinet.
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting
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A nonprofit organization dedicated to offering educational television programming.
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Rachel Carson
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Marine biologist, contributed to the environmental movement.
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Reynolds V. Sims
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Supreme court case that further extended equality in the voting booth by affirming the "one person, one vote" principle.
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Earl Warren
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Court further defined and extended individual rights.
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Great Society
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President Lyndon B. Johnson's program to improve U.S society.
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