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C 56 USII e-g

Vocabulary terms for Chapter 56 in US History eText Sections e through g

TermDefinition
Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 An LBJ program that attacked poverty at many levels
Job Corp An LBJ Program to set up vocational training
Head Start A pre-school program to help disadvantaged youth be ready for Kindergarten
Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) A form of domestic Peace Corps set up by LBJ
Barry Goldwater 1964 Republican nominee for President
The Great Society LBJ's series of social programs to help the poor
Eugene McCarthy US Senator from MN who challenged LBJ in 1968 Democratic Primaries
Robert Kennedy JFK's brother, ran for President in 1968 and was assassinated
Hubert Humphrey LBJ's Vice-President and 1968 Democratic nominee for President
Sirhan Sirhan The man who assassinated Robert Kennedy
Richard Daley Mayor of Chicago who had police attack protestors at Democratic National Convention
Silent Majority Name for people who supported Vietnam War and were against protests
Governor George Wallace Ran for president in 1968 for the American Independent Party
"segregation now, segregation forever" One of Governor George Wallace's campaign slogans
Curtis Lemay Gov
Landslide A large margin of victory in an election
Richard Nixon Elected President in 1968
Henry Kissinger President Nixon's Secretary of State
Foreign Policy How governments deal with each other
Detente Easing of tensions
Salt I US USSR Treaty limiting ICBMs and anti-missile systems
Mao Zedong Leader of Communist China
China ; Communist country and not officially recognized by UN at US urging
Tiawan Island nation, was the official China according to UN until 1971
Leonid Brezhnev Leader of the USSR
Apollo-Soyuz Joint US-USSR Space Program
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