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42 Cards in this Set
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1960 Election
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John F. Kennedy VS. Richard Nixon= Kennedy Won
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Advantages of the Election for Kennedy!
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Came off great on TV debates, Kennedy looked good while Nixon did not.
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Bay of Pigs/Missile Crisis Cause
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a failed invasion by the the US to overtake Cuba
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Fidel Castro
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communist leader, welcomed aid from soviet union
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Berlin Wall
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a concrete wall topped with barbed wire that cut the city into two (e and w berlin)
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Limited test ban treaty
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first time US and SU to limit weapon use
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New Frontier
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kennedy's legislative program!
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new frontier projects
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-medicare
-rebuild urban areas -aid edu -increase defense -increase international aid -expand space program |
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Peace Corps
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a volunteer program to assist developing nations of Asia, Africa, and Latin America
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Alliance for Progress
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foreign aid- econ/technical assistance to Latin America Countries
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space program
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CREATED NASA
Closed SU Sputnik |
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Warren Commission
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investigated and concluded that Oswald shot kennedy
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Lyndon Baines Johnson
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president after kennedy was shot, tries to take over gov in the footsteps of kennedy
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Medicare
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provided hospital insurance and low cost med insurance
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medicaid
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extended health insurance to welfare recipiants
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Housing and Urban Development(HUD)
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for low income housing, ppl could afford to live
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1964 election
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Goldwater vs Johnson -Johnson wins
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Warren Court
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banned state sanctioned prayer in public schools- unconsitutional
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Miranda Rights
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You have the right to remain silent
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reapportionment
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the way in which states redraw election districts based on changing number of ppl in them
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NAACP
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African Americans Civil rights organization
eliminate hatred and descrimination |
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Thurgood Marshall
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black who dedicated his life to fighting racism-nominated by kennedy to serve in the US court of appeals
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Brown Vs. Board of Education of Topeka
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Linda Brown's father charged the board of educatation of topeka with violating Linda's rights by not allowing her entry into an all white school
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Little Rock Arkansas Crisis
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9 black students were integrated in Central High School in little rock arkansas for the first time.
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Rosa Parks
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refused to give her seat up for a white person-put into jail-Sparked the montgomery bus boycott
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
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When blacks boycotted the bus system and refused to ride on buses
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Lead the group of blacks to boycott the busses
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Student non-violent coordinating commitee (SNCC)
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Adopting Kings ideas----College students who felt they needed something to happen quicker so they took action
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Congress of Racial Equality(CORE)
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African american students media=to allow americans form all across the country to see the protest
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Sit ins
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a non violent demonstration where you sit in front of wherever they werent allowed
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freedom riders
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men and women who traveled to the south----lunch counters "white only"
horribly beaten but stood for what they believed was right |
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James Meredith
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won a court hearing allowing him to enter into Ole Miss
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March on Washington
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When Martin Luther King Jr gave his "I have a Dream Speech"
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Civil rights of 1964
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banned discrimination based race, sex, national origin, or religion; in public/work places
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Civil Rights Act of 1965
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eliminated literacy tests to voters
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Civil Rights of 1968
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Banned discrimination in housing
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de facto
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segregation by custom
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de jure
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segregation by law
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Malcom X
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a leader
muhamed follower islamic minister encouraged blacks to identify in w/ africa |
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Nation of Islam
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Muhamed led
black muslims forced to promote segregation and the islam religion |
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Stokely Carmichael
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Trinidadian-American black activist active in the 1960s American Civil Rights Movement.
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Black Panthers
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African American political org.
huey newton bobby seale to fight police and provide services in the ghetto |
