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15 Cards in this Set
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the 35th U.S. president (D-MA) from 1960-1963, he is the first catholic to hold office and was assassinated in Dallas, Texas
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John F. Kennedy
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the belief that the soviets had more nuclear weapons than the U.S.
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Missile Gap
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a competition over dominance of space exploration
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Space Race
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a military style, communist dictator of Cuba
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Fidel Castro
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an inquiry launched by the federal gov't to investigate the murder of JFK, it found that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassanation
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Warren Commission
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the 36th president of the US (D-TX) from 1963-1968, led the US during the Vietnam War
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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LBJ's program to fight economic disparity as part of "the great society"
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War on Poverty
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the leader of the Communist (independent movement) in Vietnam
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Ho Chi Minh
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thh belef that if 1 nation fell to comunists, neighboring countries would follow
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Domino Theory
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guerrilla soldiers of the communist faction in Vietnam
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Vietcong
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a congressional decision authorizing LBJ to use military force in Vietnam w/o a formal decloration of war
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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the lack of trust or belieceability in the gov't
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Credibility Gap
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a series of surprise military attacks by communist forces in South Vietnam in 1968
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Tet Offensive
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youth culture of the 1960's that rebelled against the social norms of the 50's (hippies)
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Counter culture
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a leading figure in the feminist movement of the 196's (the feminine mystique)
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Betty Friedan
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