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John. F. Kennedy
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Senator of Massachusetts who eventually emerged as the democratic candidate and eventually president.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Chosen as JFK's vice president, even though they did not like each other.
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Flexible response
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Having a number of options in case of an international crisis.
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Peace Corps
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Sent American volunteers to work for two years in developing countries.
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Alliance for Progress
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Offered billions of dollars in aid to participating countries.
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Fidel Castro
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Rebel leader who led an uprising that succeeded in overthrowing the Cuban dictator. He then established a communist-stlyed dictatorship in Cuba.
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Berlin Wall
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Barrier built between East Germany and West Germany that became the most widely recognized symbol of the Cold War.
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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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Was signed to end the testing of nuclear bombs in the atmosphere and underwater.
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Hot line
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Set up between the US and the Soviet Union that enabled the leaders to communicate directly during a crisis.
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Jackie Kennedy
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Wife of JFK contributed to the glamour and mystique that surrounded the Kennedy White House.
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Donna Shalala
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Served as secretary of health and human services in the admin of President Bill Clinton.
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Bobby Kennedy
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Younger brother of JFK, was attorney general.
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New Frontier
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Because JFK had spoken of a "new frontier" during the presidential campaign, his agenda became known as this.
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Area Redevelopment Act
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A bill to provide financial assistance to economically distressed regions that former president Eisenhower had previously vetoed.
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Michael Harrington
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Social activist who published The Other America, a well documented study of poverty in America.
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Lee Harvey Oswald
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Arrested as suspect in the shooting of JFK.
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Warren Commission
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Chief Justice Earl Warren spent 10 months reviewing evidence of JFK's assassination.
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War on Poverty
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Trying to battle the poverty in America.
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Office of Economic Opportunity
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Coordinated a series of new antipoverty programs.
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Volunteers in Service to America
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Domestic version of the Peace Corps.
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Great Society
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Johnson's domestic reform program.
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Barry Goldwater
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Chosen by republicans as presidential nominee.
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Medicare
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National health insurance program for people over the age of 65.
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Medicaid
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Govt. program that provides free health care to the needy.
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act
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Provided $1.3 billion in aid to schools in poor areas.
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Robert C. Weaver
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Headed new department of HUD, making him first African American member of a presidential cabinet.
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Corp. for Public Broadcasting
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Nonprofit organization dedicated to offering educational TV programming.
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Rachel Carson
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Marine biologist who contributed to environmental movement.
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