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Last History Test
Johnson/Kennedy Admin, Vietnam War
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| John Glenn | First man to orbit the Earth |
| Jack Ruby | Killed Lee Harvey Oswald |
| John Connally | Governor of Texas, was also shot by Oswald |
| Abraham Zapruder | recorded Kennedy's assassination |
| Head Start | Got kids to preschool, part of Johnson's campaign |
| Medicare | medical care for the elderly |
| Job Corps | vocational training for people ages 16-24 so they can get jobs |
| VISTA | peace corps within America |
| Medicaid | medical aid for the poor |
| Lyndon Johnson's domestic program | Great Society |
| Where Johnson was from/importance | Texas, southern votes |
| Declared "war on poverty" | Johnson administration |
| Warren Commission belief | single shooter/bullet |
| Eisenhower planned what | Bay of Pigs invasion (Kennedy invented it) |
| Cause of Berlin Wall | keep people in East Berlin from getting out to West Berlin and going west to Europe and whatever |
| Barry Goldwater | Guy Lyndon Johnson defeated 'in a landslide' |
| Three effects of the Cuban Missile Crisis | Direct contact with Soviet Union, helped the US set the nuclear ban treaty, Cuban embargos |