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31 Cards in this Set
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John F. Kennedy
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Senator of Mass. eventually emerged as the Democratic govt.
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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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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
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Berlin Wall
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Became the most widely recognized symbol of the Cold War
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Cuban missile crisis
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Marked a historic turning point in US-Soviet relations
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Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
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Agreement signed by US president John. F Kennedy and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev; ended above ground testing of nuclear weapons
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Hot line
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Teletype connection between the United States and the Soviet Union that allowed leaders to communicate directly during a crisis
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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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One of the many Americans motivated to action by Kennedy's vision
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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 American, a well-documented study of poverty in the US
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Lee Harvey Oswald
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Arrested as a suspect of a shooting
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Warren Commission
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Special group led by Chief Justice Earl Warren to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy
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War on Poverty
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President Lyndon B. Johnson's programs to help poor Americans; announced in 1964
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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 to America
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Preschool education program for low income families
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Great Society
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President Lyndon B. Johnson's program to improve US Society
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Barry Goldwater
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Republicans chose this Senator, a conservative from Arizona, as their presidential nominee
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Medicare
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A national health insurance program for people over age 65
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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 in aid to schools in poor areas
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Robert C. Weaver
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Headed the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 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 dedicating to offering educational television programming
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Rachel Carson
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Contributed to the environmental movement
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Earl Warren
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Chief Justice
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Reynolds v. Simms
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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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