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31 Cards in this Set
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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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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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John F. Kennedy
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Senator of Massachusetts who emerged as the Democratic candidate.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Kennedy selected Texas senator, who had failed in his own attempt to obtain the Democratic nomination.
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Peace Corps
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Program begun by President John F. Kennedy to send volunteers to work in developing nations for two years.
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Alliance for Progress
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President Kennedy's program for sending economic aid to Latin America; designed to encourage democratic reforms and to promote capitalism.
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Fidel Castro
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Rebel leader led an uprising tat succeeded in overthrowing the Cuban dictator.
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Berlin Wall
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Barrier built between East and West Berlin; widely recognized symbol of the Cold War.
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Cuban missile crisis
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Standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union in which the Soviets agreed to remove missiles from Cuba if the United States promised not to invade the island; followed by an easing of Cold War tensions.
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Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
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Agreement signed by U.S. president John F. Kennedy and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev; ended above ground testing of new nuclear weapons.
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Jacqueline Kennedy
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President Kennedy's young wife, contributed to the glamour and mystique that surrounded the Kennedy White House.
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Donna Shalala
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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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The attorney general, who never practiced law; Kennedy's younger brother.
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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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Law passed in 1961 that provided financial assistance to economically distressed regions.
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Michael Harrington
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1962 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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Dallas police arrested him as a suspect, right after the hours of 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 John F. 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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Government agency formed in 1964 to coordinate antipoverty programs.
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Volunteers in Service to America
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Domestic version of the Peace Corps; established in 1964.
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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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Barry Goldwater
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Senator from Arizona, conservative, who Republicans nominated as their presidential nominee.
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Medicare
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Federal health insurance program for people over the age of 65; created in 1965.
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Medicaid
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Federal program created in 1965 to provide free health care to the needy.
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act
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Federal law that provided $1.3 billion to aid schools in poor areas.
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Robert C. Weaver
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The first African American member of the presidential cabinet.
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting
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Nonprofit organization created during the Johnson administration; offers educational television programming.
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Rachel Carson
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Marine biologist who contributed to the environmental movement.
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Earl Warren
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Chief Justice the leader of the Court that further defined and extended individual rights.
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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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