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723689253Robert KennedyAttorney General for his brother JFK. Recasted the FBI.
723689254Robert McNamaraHead of the Defense Department.
723689255The Peace CorpsAn army of idealistic youth volunteers to bring American skills to underdeveloped countries.
723689256Man on the Moon (1969)A multibillion dollar project to boost economy, military, and scientific prestige.
723689257Vienna Conference (1961)Krushchev threatened to cut off Western access into Berlin.
723689258Berlin Wall (1961)Plugged heavy population drain from East to West Germany.
723689259Flexible ResponseHaving an array of military options that could be matched to the crisis at hand.
723689260Alliance for Progress (1961)A Marshall Plan for Latin America. Aimed to close gap between rich and poor to discourage communism, but failed.
723689261DétenteKennedy's realistic policy of peaceful coexistence with USSR.
723689262James MeredithThe first black man to enter the University of Mississippi. Kennedy sent many troops to enroll him to his first class.
723689263March on WashingtonMLK gathered 200,000 demonstrators to support the Kennedy's new civil rights legislation.
723689264Medgar EversA black Mississippi civil rights worker who was shot down by a white man the very night Kennedy proposed a civil rights legislation.
723689265Lee Harvey OswaldAn assassin who shot Kennedy in the brain.
723689266Civil Rights ActLBJ passed this bill to honor Kennedy's memory. Banned racial discrimination. Created Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
723689267Affirmative ActionLBJ's executive order against sexual discrimination.
723689268War on PovertyLBJ was concerned for sickness in Appalachia from the soft-coal industry.
724253516Gulf of Tonkin ResolutionTook Congress' war-declaring powers away and gave the president a blank check to use force in SE Asia.
724253517Office of Economic OpportunityLBJ granted $1 billion to redevelop Appalachia in his War on Poverty.
724253518MedicareMedical aid for the elderly.
724253519MedicaidMedical aid for the poor.
724253520Project Head StartEducation to poor children.
724253521Voting Rights ActOutlawed literacy tests and sent federal voter registrars into southern states.
724253522Malcolm XMilitant black Islam preacher and leader. Influenced by Nation of Islam.
724253523Elijah MuhammedFounder of Nation of Islam.
724253524Black Panther PartyOpenly carried weapons in the streets of Oakland and abandoned peaceful demonstration.
724253525Operation Rolling ThunderFull scale bombings against North Vietnam.
724253526Domino TheoryIf one nation falls to communism, other nations around will follow.
724253527Credibility GapOpened between the government and the people due to the lack of faith in the government during the Vietnam War.
724253528Doves and HawksTwo sides formed regarding the Vietnam war.
724253529Tet OffensiveViet Cong savagely attacked South Vietnam on the Vietnamese New Year, proving that the war was a lost cause.
724253530George WallaceThird party candidate in the election of 1968. Demanded segregation and prodding blacks into their place. Proposed smashing North Vietnam to smithereens.
724253531Stonewall IncidentOff-duty police officers attacked gay men which encouraged homosexuals to militancy.
724253532Students for a Democratic societySpawned an underground terrorist group (Weathermen) and abandoned peaceful demonstrations.

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