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27 Cards in this Set
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Who accepted Soviet aid for Cuba?
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Fidel Castro
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This was an invation of Cuba?
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Bay of Pigs
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Who Lost the 1960 Presidential election?
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Richard Nixon
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What separated East Germany from West Germany?
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Berlin Wall
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Who squared off against Kennedy during the Berlin crisis?
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Nikita Khrushchev
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What barred nuclear testing in the atmosphere?
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Limited Test Ban Treaty
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A military strategy to "strengthen and modernize the military's ability to fight a nonnuclear war" adopted during the Kennedy presidency was__________________
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flexible response
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A direct communication link set up during Kennedy's presidency
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Hot line
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Whose religious beliefs were an important issue of the 1960 presidential campaign
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John F. Kennedy
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This created the Job Corps, VISTA, and Project Head Start.
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Economic Opportunity Act
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This banned prayer in public schools and changed federal and state reapportionment and the criminal justice system
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The Warren Court
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In this case, the Supreme Court established the principle of "one person, one vote."
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Baker v. Carr
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In this case, the Supreme Court ruled that all suspects must be "read their rights" before questioning
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Miranda v. Arizona
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What provided free or low-cost medical insurance to welfare recipients and most Americans age 65 and older?
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Medicare and Medicaid
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What provided aid to help public and parochial schools purchase textbooks and new library materials?
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act
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__________ refers to the way that states redraw election districts based on changing number of people in them
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Reapportionment
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In this case, the Supreme Court required criminal courts to provide free legal counsel to those who could not afford it
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Gideon v. Wainwright
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_____ replaced the national origins system with a system that allowed people from outside of Europe to settle in the US
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Immigration act of 1965
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This legislative program summed up President Johnson's vision for America
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Great Society
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What was one major factor in Johnson's landslide victory over Goldwater in 1964?
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Goldwater wanted to use nuclear weapons against Cuba and Vietnam
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Who was intended to benefit the most from the Great Society programs?
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minorities and and poor
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What was the role of US navy during Cuban missile crisis?
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To create a blockade around the island of Cuba
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How did the US Navy and Air Force work together during the Cuban missle crisis?
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Blockade was supported by air patrol - made possible by US air bases and aircraft carriers
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What two Islands were not potential sites for placement of Soviet Missels?
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Puerto Rico and Virgin Island
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What were some major decisions of the Warren Court? How do they affect our lives today?
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Banned prayer
no local censor of books and films |
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1960 Election
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1960: Election JFK vs. Nixon, policy issues were very similar, TV debate helped JFK - He supported Martin Luther King in Civil rights incidents. JFK won by a narrow vote-lacking mandate
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1964 Election
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Lyndon Johnson vs. Barry Goldwater. LBJ - program to fight a war on poverty. Goldwater - attacked Fed. programs such as Social Security, threatened to use Nuclear Weapons
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