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28 Cards in this Set
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John F. Kennedy
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Ran as Democratic candidate.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Chose to run as Kennedy's vice president.
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flexible Response
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The idea of not relying completely on the threat of nuclear weapons to block communist expansion.
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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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Introduced by Kennedy to expand economic aid to Latin America.
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Fidel Castro
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Led an uprising that suceeded in overthrowing the Cuban dictator, Fulgencio Batista.
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Berlin Wall
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Divided East and West Berlin.
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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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Signed by the U.S., Great Britain, Soviet Union to end the testing of nuclear bombs.
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Hot Line
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A teletype line that enabled the leaders the Soviets and the U.S. to communicate directly during a crisis.
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Jacqueline Kennedy
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Kennedy's wife that contributed to the glamour and mystique that surrounded the Kennedy White House.
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Donna Shalala
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Lady who joined the Peace Corp.
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Robert Kennedy
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Was appointed by JFK to be the attorney general.
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New Frontier
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The name for JFK's agenda.
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Area Development Act
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Bill to provide financial assistance to economically distressed regions that former president Eisenhower had previouslt vetoed. Signed in by Kennedy in May 1961.
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Michael Harrington
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He 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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Man who killed JFK, was killed by Jack Ruby.
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Warren Commission
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Commission headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren to investigate the death of JFK.
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War on Poverty
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President Johnson declared that the U.S. would wage unconditional war on poverty in America.
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Office of Economic Opportunity
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Had a budget of 1 billion dollars that coordinated a series of new 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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Great Society
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Johnson's domestic reform program.
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Barry Goldwater
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Man who ran for president for the Republicans in 1964.
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Medicare
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A national health insurance program for people over age at 65.
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Medicaid
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A govt. program that provides free health care to the needy.
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act
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passed in 1965 which provided 1.3 billion in aid to schools in poor areas.
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Robert C. Weaver
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First black member of a presidential cabinet, headed the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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Rachel Carlson
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Contributed to the environmental movement.
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