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STEELE
STEELE--SSII--CHPT 19 KENNEDY & JOHNSON YEARS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| JOHN F. KENNEDY | 1960 DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE AND PRESIDENT OF US |
| RICHARD M. NIXON | 1960 REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT. LATER PRESIDENT OF US |
| FIDEL CASTRO | COMMUNIST DICTATOR OF CUBA 1960 TO PRESENT |
| FLEXIBLE RESPONSE | POLICY OF PREPARED U.S. DEFENSE TO FIGHT ANY TYPE OF CONFLICT |
| PEACE CORPS | U.S. VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION TO ASSIST DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (TO STRENGTHEN U.S. INFLUENCE AROUND THE WORLD) |
| ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS | KENNEDY'S PROGRAM TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE TO LATIN AMERICA |
| BAY OF PIGS INVASION | CIA-LED FORCE OF CUBAN EXILES TO ATTACK CUBA (FAILED AND STRENGTHENED CASTRO'S POWER) |
| NIKITA KHRUSCHEV | PREMIER OF USSR IN 1960'S |
| CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS | CRISIS INVOLVING SOVIETS CONSTRUCTION OF NUCLEAR MISSILE SITES IN CUBA, IN RANGE OF THE U.S. EAST COAST |
| HOT LINE | TELEPHONE SYSTEM BETWEEN MOSCOW AND U.S. TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES |
| NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY | FIRST NUCLEAR-WEAPONS AGREEMENT BETWEEN U.S. GB AND SOVIET UNION |
| NEW FRONTIER | TERM DESCRIBING KENNEDY'S PROPOSAL TO IMPROVE THE ECONOMY, EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE AND CIVIL RIGHTS |
| EQUAL PAY ACT | ACT TO ATTEMPT TO ENSURE EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK |
| DEFICIT SPENDING | GOVERNMENT PRACTICE TO BORROW MONEY IN ORDER TO SPEND MORE THAN IS RECEIVED FROM TAXES |
| SPACE RACE | TERM USED TO DESCRIBE THE COMPETITION BETWEEN SOVIETS AND U.S. TO SUCCESSFULLY LAND ON THE MOON |
| WARREN COMMISSION | CONDUCTED THE OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION OF THE ASSASSINATION OF KENNEDY |
| LYNDON B. JOHNSON | BECAME PRESIDENT AFTER ASSASSINATION OF KENNEDY. |
| CIVIL RIGHTS ACT | JOHNSON'S BILL TO END DISCRIMINATION IN VOTING, EDUCATION AND PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS |
| WAR ON POVERTY | JOHNSON'S PUSH TO TRAIN JOBLESS, EDUCATE UN-EDUCATED AND PROVIDE HEALTHCARE |
| ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT | CREATED JOB CORPS TO TRAIN YOUNG PEOPLE IN WORK SKILLS TO ACQUIRE BETTER JOBS AND LEAD THEM OUT OF POVERTY. |
| GREAT SOCIETY | JOHNSON'S THEMES AFTER HIS ELECTION OF ENDING POVERTY AND RACIAL INJUSTICE |
| MEDICARE | PROGRAM PROVIDING BASIC HOSPITAL INSURANCE FOR OLDER AMERICAN |
| MEDICAID | PROVIDED BASIC MEDICAL SERVICES TO POOR AND DISABLED |
| IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT OF 1965 | RELAXED THE NATION'S IMMIGRATION POLICIES |
| WARREN COURT | SUPREME COURT LED BY CHIEF JUSTICE EARL WARREN WHICH SUPPORTED CIVIL LIBERTIES, VOTING RIGHTS AND PERSONAL PRIVACY |
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