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1960 election candidates
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JFK(D) and Nixon(R)
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How long was Nixon Eisenhower's vice pres?
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8 years
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First time for what in this election?
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candidates to debate issues on TV
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What hurt Nixon?
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his apperanace
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What was Kennedy's religion (1st)?
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Catholic
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How old was Kennedy?
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45
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What was the key state in the election?
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Illinois
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What organization did JFK set up?
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Peace Corps
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What was Kennedy's Program called?
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New Frontier
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What did the New Frontier consist of?
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more money for education, health insureance for elderly
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What did JFK ask the steel companies to do?
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hold down prices not raise them
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What was the consequence if the companies did not do what was asked?
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be invesigated and would use foreign steel
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No gender discrimination was to be involved in what?
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Federal Jobs
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What did JFK sign for women's rights?
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Equal Pay Act
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What was on his cabinet(ass.)
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a woman
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What threat intensified under JFK?
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nuclear war
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What did Russians do in 1957?
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sent first satellit into space
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What did Russians do in 1961?
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sent first man to orbit Earth
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What did Kennedy promise?
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man on the moon by the end of the decade
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Who was John Glen?
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first American to Orbit Earth(1962)
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What was Due Process
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right to life, property, and liberty
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Mapp v. Ohio
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unlawfully seized evidence is inadmissable at trial
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Gideon vs. Wainwright
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suspects are entitled to court appointed attorney
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Escobedo vs Illinois
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accused has right to attorney in questioning
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Miranda vs Arizona
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police must inform suspects of their rights during arrest process
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Engle vs Vitale
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state-mandated prayer in school is banned
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Abington School District vs. Schempp
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no bible reading in school
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What was Bay of Pigs(Apr 1961)?
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invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles
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Who turned Cuba Communist
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Fidel Castro
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Why did Kennedy fire Dullas(CIA director)?
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because CIA trained Cuban Exiles
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What did Kennedy say he would do to the CIA?
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break it up into a 1000 pieces
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What goes up in June, 1961?
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Berlin Wall
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What did the Berline Wall symbolize?
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beginning and end of the Cold War
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What was the closest the world came to Nuclear War?
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Cuban Missle Crisis 1964
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What discovered missle sights in Cuba?
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spy planes
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What did Kennedy do to Cuba?
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put a naval blockade on them
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What was the reason for the War of 1812?
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open sea war
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What was teh downfall of Kruschef?
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blockade
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When was Kennedy assassinated?
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Nov. 22, 1963
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Who was blamed for the assasination?
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Lee Harvey Oswald
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How quickly was Oswald blamed for the killing?
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one hour after JFK was shot
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Who else was Oswald blamed for?
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Tippit
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Where did Oswald work?
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School Book Depository (Sept.)
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Where and when was JFK shot?
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6th floor at 12:30
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What did Lyndon Johnson start?
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Warren Commison-investigated assasination
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Who was involved with the Warren Commission?
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Dullus and Geral Ford
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Who came up with single bullet Theory?
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Arlin Spectorq
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Who was Zapruder?
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captured teh assasination on colored film
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How long was the assasination?
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5.6 seconds
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Where was the film shot?
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grassy knoll
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Who was in front of JFK in car?
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Gov. Connely
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Who killed Oswald?
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Jack Ruby in garage of Dallas police station
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Where did Oswald die?
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Parkland Hospital
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Where did Jack Ruby die?
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3 yrs later in Prison from Cancer
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Where did FBI fly JFK's body?
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N Bethesda Naval Hospital
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What year will record be released?
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2039 but must be in 2017
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What is an order fromt the pres. called?
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Executive order
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How many soliders were in Vietnam by 1966?
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1/2 million
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How many casualities?
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500,000 killed, 1/4 million wounded
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