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29 Cards in this Set
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John F. Kennedy
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President of the U.S.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Vice President
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Flexible response
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Preferred a number of options in international cases
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Peace Corps
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Which sent American volunteers to work for two years in developing countries
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Alliances 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 overwhelming the Cuban dictator
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Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
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An ending to 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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Contributes to the glamour and mystique that surrounded the Kennedy White House
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Dona Shalala
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Motivated to action by JFK
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Robert Kennedy
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Attorney general, younger brother of jfk
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New Frontier
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During presidential campaign was his motto
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Area Redevelopment
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A bill to provide financial assistance to economically distressed regions that Eisenhower had previously 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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Suspect for killing JFk
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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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The creation of an Office of Economic Oppurtunity
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OEO
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Was made to help the War on Poverty
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Volunteers in Service to America
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A domestic version of the Peace Corps
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Great Society
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His domestic reform program
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Barry Goldwater
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A conservative from Arizona
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Medicare
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A national health insurance program for people over age of 65
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Medicaid
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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 school in poor areas
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Robert C. weaver
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Headed the new department
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting
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A non profit organization dedicated to offering educational television programming
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Rachel Carson
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Marine biologist
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Earl Warren
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Chief Justice
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Reynolds v. Sims
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The court furthered extended equality in the voting in the voting booth
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