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John F. Kennedy
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Democratic candidate in 1960 campaign.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Kennedy's running mate
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Flexible response
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A number of options in case of international crises
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Peace Corps
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Sent American volunteers to work for 2 years in developing countries.
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Alliance for Progress
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Offered billions of dollars in aid to Latin America.
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Fidel Castro
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Rebel leader that led an uprising that overthrew the Cuban dictator
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Cuban missile crisis
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Marked a historic turning point in US Soviet relations
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Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
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End testing of nuclear bombs in the atmosphere and underwater.
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hot line
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Enabled the leaders of the 2 countries to communicate directly during a crisis.
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Berlin Wall
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Most widely recognized symbol of the Cold Wwar
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Jacqueline Kennedy
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young wife of John F. Kennedy
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Donna Shalala
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Joined the Peace Corps
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Robert Kennedy
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Attorney general
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New Frontier
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Agenda for the campaign
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ARA
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Area Redevelopment Act
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Michael Harrington
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Published The Other America
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Lee Harvey Oswald
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Killed Kennedy
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Warren Commission
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Reviewed the evidence of Kennedy's murder.
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War on Poverty
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War on Poverty literally
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OEO
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Office of Economic Opportunity
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VISTA
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Volunteer in Service to America
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Barry Goldwater
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Presidential nominee for the Republicans
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Medicare
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National health insurance program for people over 65
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Medicaid
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Government program that provides free health care to the needy
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act
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Provided funding to schools in poor areas
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Robert C. Weaver
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Headed Housing and Urban Congress
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting
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Nonprofit organization dedicated to offering educational television programming.
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Rachel Carson
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Marine Biologist
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Earl Warren
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Chief Justice
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Reynolds v. Sims
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Extended equality in the voting booth.
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Lol this card has nothing on it.
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But you won't check so, ha!
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