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Alliance For Progress
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Kennedy’s program to provide economic aid for Latin American countries.
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Bay of Pigs
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Failed invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles trained by the United States. The purpose was to overthrow Castro.
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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
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United States agency that gathers information about foreign countries and affairs.
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Coalition Government
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A government made of opposing political parties who share in the running of a country’s government.
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Incident in which United States forced the Soviet Union to remove nuclear missile bases it had built in Cuba.
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New Frontier
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Kennedy’s social and economic programs of the early 1960s.
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Pro-Western
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Friendly to United States and western allies.
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