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40 Cards in this Set
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Peace Corps
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government program started by Kennedy that sends American volunteers to help out in other countries
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V.I.S.T.A
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Johnson's government program that sends out volunteers to help around the U.S.
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New Frontier
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Kennedy's administration
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Moon Mission
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Apollo was the main mission in the 60s. Mercury and Gemini were earlier programs.
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Minimum Wage
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$1.25 - $1.40
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Civil Rights Act
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was set in place a year after Kennedy's assassination
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Voting Rights Act
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was put into place when Johnson was in office.
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Medicare
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Helped the elderly with their medical insurance. Part of the War on Poverty.
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Medicaid
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Helped the medical costs and insurance of the lower class and poor.
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Bay of Pigs
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The CIA operation to try and take back control of Cuba.
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Cuban Exiles
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The US trained a group of Cuban Exiles in Guatemala to help with the operation to get Cuba back from Communism.
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Gulf of Tonkin
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August 64' N. Vietnam supposedly attacks the USS Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin
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C.I.A
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Central Intelligence Agency
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Great Society
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Johnson's policies and programs.
What does it take to make a "great society"? Equality - Government, Opportunities Security and Health - Social Security Net Education - Head Start Housing Environment |
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New Deal
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Harry Truman's administration
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Gideon vs. Wainwright
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Supreme Court case that determined you get a free lawyer if you cannot afford one
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War on Poverty
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1960 - 22%
1970 - 12% |
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Engel vs. Vitale
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Banned prayers in school
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Warren Commission
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The commission that investigated the assassination of JFK. Led by Supreme Court Chief of Justice Earl Warren.
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Corona
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Spy satellite program (AKA Discoverer)
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The Best and The Brightest
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Education and Corporate Leaders
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Nikita Krushchev tried to send missiles to Cuba and Kennedy had to make a big decision. He crisis was resolved when JFK decided he would blockade Cuba so the missiles couldn't get there.
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Miranda vs. Arizona
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Started the Miranda Rights (a citation of your rights while you are being arrested).
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Escobedo vs. Illinois
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Incorporation of "you have the right to remain silence..." part of the Miranda Rights.
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Headstart
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Early Childhood Education
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J.F.K
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John F. Kennedy
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L.B.J
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Jackie Kennedy
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JFK's wife; the first lady at the time
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Dwight Eisenhower
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President before Kennedy was elected.
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Richard Nixon
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Ran against Kennedy in 1960 and lost by a narrow margin.
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John Glenn
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First American to orbit around the Earth.
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Fidel Castro
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Leader of the Communist revolution. He over-threw the government and became the dictator.
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Sargent Shriver
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JFK's brother-in-law; was the leader of War on Poverty
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Nikita Khrushchev
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Leader of the USSR
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Lee Harvey Oswald
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The man who allegedly assassinated JFK (single-handed).
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Jack Ruby
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The man who shot Lee Harvey Oswald before he was interrogated.
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Clarence Gideon
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Arrested for robbing a pool room in Florida. He was too poor for a lawyer.
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Ernesto Miranda
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Miranda was arrested for a crime and wasn't given his rights so he confessed without knowing that "anything he says, can and will be used against him in the court of law."
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Earl Warren
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The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and also the head of the Warren Commission
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Barry Goldwater
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Ran against Johnson in 1964
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