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15 Cards in this Set
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War on poverty
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president Johnson's programs aimed at aiding the country's poor through education, job training, proper health care, and nutrition
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Hot line
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direct telephone line between the white house and the kremlin set up after the Cuban missile crisis
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peace corps
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American government organization that sends volunteers to provide technical, educational, and medical services in developing countries
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great society
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president Johnsons goals in the areas of health care, education, the environment, discrimination, and poverty
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deficit spending
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practice of a nation paying out more money than it is receiving in revenues
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warren commission
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committee that investigated the assassination of president Kennedy
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medicare
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federal program created in 1965 to provide basic hospital insurance to most americans over the age of 65
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Cuban missile crisis
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1962 conflict between the U.S. and the soviet union resulting from the soviet installation of nuclear missile in Cuba
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berlin wall
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dividing wall built by east Germany in 1961 to isolate west berlin from communist- controlled east berlin
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alliance for progress
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president Kennedy's program which gave economic aid to Latin America
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medicaid
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federal program created in 1965 to provide low cost health insurance to poor Americans of any age
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flexible response
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defense policy allowing for the appropriate action in any type of conflict
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space race
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the competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to develop the technology to successfully land on the moon
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warren court
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supreme court of the 1960's under chief justice Earl Warren, whose decisions supported civil rights
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New Frontier
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President Kennedy's plan aimed at improving the economy, fighting racial discrimination, and exploring space
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