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30 Cards in this Set
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JFK
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president
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Vice President to JFK
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flexible response
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number of options in case of 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 in cuba
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Berlin Wall
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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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end the testing of nuclear bombs
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Hot Line
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set up between the US and the soviets
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Jackie Kennedy
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JFK's wife
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Donna Shalala
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one of the americans motivated to action by Kennedy's vision
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Bobby Kennedy
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JFK's younger brother
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New Frontier
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JFK's agenda
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Area Redevelopment Act
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bill to prive financial assistance to economically distressed regions
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Michael Harrington
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published The Other America, a study of poverty in the US
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Lee Harvey Oswald
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shot and killed JFK
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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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war on poverty
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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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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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conservative from Arizona
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Medicare
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national health insurance program for people over age 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 in aid to schools in poor areas
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting
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nonprofit organization dedicated to offering educational television programming
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Rachel Carson
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contributed to this environmental movement
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Earl Warren
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Court further defined and extended individual rights
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Reynolds v. Sims
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further extended equality in the voting booth
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