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Chapter 20

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Who is John F Kennedy Democrat for Massachusetts who was the 1960 presidential election
Flexible response A policy, develop during the Kennedy administration, that involves preparing for a variety of military responses to international crisis, rather than focusing on the use of nuclear weapons
Fidel Castro Communist leader of Cuba
Berlin wall A concrete wall that separated East Berlin in West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, built by the communist east German government to prevent its citizens from fleeing to the west
Hot line A communication link established in 1963 to allow the leaders of the United States and the Soviet union to contact each other in times of crisis
Limited test ban treaty The 1963 treaty in which the United States and the Soviet union agreed not to conduct nuclear weapons test in the atmosphere
New frontier President John F Kennedy’s legislative program, which included proposals to provide medical care of the elderly, to rebuild the lighted urban areas, to eat education, to bolster the national defense, to increase international aid, and to expand the space
Mandate The authority to act that an elected official received from the voters who elected him or her
Peace corps An agency established in 1961 to provide volunteer assistance to developing nations in Asia, Africa, and Latin America
Alliance for progress Are US foreign aid program of the 1960s, providing economic, and technical assistance to Latin American countries
Warren commission A group, headed by Chief Justice, Earl Warren, that investigated the assassination of President Kennedy, and concluded that Lee Harry Oswald was alone responsible for it
Lyndon Baines Johnson Kennedy’s Vice President, who becomes president after Kennedy is assassinated, when’s the 1964 presidential election
Economic opportunity act Lol, and acted in 1964, that provided buns for youth programs, anti-poverty measures, small business, loans, and job training
Great society President Lyndon B. Johnson’s program to reduce poverty and racial injustice into promote a better quality of life in the United States
Medicare Federal program, established in 1965, that provide hospital insurance and low cost medical insurance to American age 65 and over
Immigration act of 1965 A law that increase the number of immigrants allowed to settle in the United States
Warren court The supreme court during the period when Earl Warren was chief justice, noted for its activism in the areas of civil rights and free speech
Reapportioment The redrawing of election districts to reflect changes in population
Medicaid A program, established in 1965, that provides health insurance for people on welfare
What are the factors working against JFK in the 1960 election? Americans worried would lead to poop having influence of American policies, he put people at ease by openly discussing the issue
What is the chronological order? Warsaw Pact, JFK/Nixon, TV debates, Bay of Pigs, CMC
What did Kennedy work on? Civil rights legislation
What did Kennedy accomplish? Congress to approve 20% increase for dispense spending, increase minimum wage, extended unemployment insurance, Peace Corps, alliance for progress, NASA
What is the foreign policy for JFK? The flexible response
Was Fidel Castro a communist or a democrat? Communist
The Bay of Pigs was embarrassed of failure for failing to what Kill Cuba’s leader
Describe the end of the Cuban missile crisis US agrees to pull their missiles out of turkey if Cuba agrees to pull their missiles out
East north belongs to communist or Democratic Communist
West south belongs to communist or Democratic Democratic
Kennedy wants to work on what Medical care, rebuild, cities, and aid education
Why do cities go to trash? The white flight
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