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64410593Where did republicans claim JFK's election was stolen from?Texas64410593
64410594"The torch being passed to a new generation"JFK64410594
64410595New Frontier Programcalled for more education, federal healthcare, civil rights, most were not passed until LBJ64410595
64410596Economy during JFK's presidencyremained good due to spending on military and space64410596
64410597Peace CorpsRecruited young american volunteers to give technical aid to developing countries64410597
64410598Bay of PigsUnited States trained Cuban insurgents to overthrow Castro. Failed miserably and Castro used as publicity64410598
64410599Berlin Wall1961. Khruschchev wanted US out of berlin. Was torn down in 198964410599
64410600What is a hot line?a means of communication set up between dc and moscow.64410600
64410601Nuclear test ban treaty1963. End of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere64410601
64410602Lee Harvy OswaldAssassin64410602
64410603Jack RubyShot Lee Harvy Oswald64410603
64410604Warren CommissionInvestigated the assassination and stated no one helped Oswald. Earl Warren.64410604
64410605The Great SocietyWhat LBJ wanted to create with his policies64410605
64410606The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964Authorized 1 billion for war on poverty. Created the job corps.64410606
64410607Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965Set aside 1 billion for aid to the poverty-stricken Appalachian Mountain Regions64410607
64410608Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965Provided extensive financial Aid to public and parochial schools64410608
64410609Medicare Act of 1965Provided nursing and hospital care, funded by Social Security, to the elderly. Medicade64410609
64410610Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)Secretary's position held by Robery Weaver, nation's first black cabinet member64410610
64410611Department of TransportationCoordinates national transportation policy64410611
6441061224th Amendment 1964Prohibited the use of a poll tax as a prerequisite for voting64410612
6441061325th Amendment 1967provided for the Vice-President to assume the duties of the president if the chief executive is incapacitated64410613
64410614Civil Rights act of 1964Withheld federal funding to states that did not comply with federal laws regarding voting rights, education and public facilities64410614
64410615Voting Rights Act of 1965Forbade literacy tests under certain circumstances and authorized the president to enforce the 15th amendment64410615
64410616Black Panther LeadersBobby Seale, Huey Newton, and Eldrige Cleaver64410616
64410617Ceaser ChavezOrganized Mexican Farm workers to revolt64410617
6441061838th ParallelKorea was divided here64410618
64410619Policy of ContainmentTruman asked congress to intervene in order to stop communism in korea64410619
64410620General Macarthurgeneral who fought in the korean war.64410620
644106211952when south korea recaptured seoul.64410621
64410622Kim Il SungNorth Korean Dictator64410622
64410623Checker's SpeechSpeech where nixon gained the trust of the nation64410623
64410624Department of health, education and welfareEisenhower created this in 195364410624
64410625Highway act of 1956Authorized construction of 42,000 miles of interstate highway.64410625
64410626John Foster Dullessec of state who thought truman's policies were too soft. he wanted to liberate the "captive nations"64410626
64410627"Brinksmanship"belief that communists would not actually go to war if provoked64410627
64410628Geneva Conferencefrance fave up claims to Indochina. Vietnam was divided at the 17th parallel64410628
64410629Domino TheoryEisenhower said if south vietnam fell to communism so would the rest of the nations. "Containment theory"64410629
64410630SEATOSoutheast Asia Treaty Organization64410630
64410631Eisenhower DoctrineUs replaced GB and France. First appeared in Lebanon when Eisenhower sen 14,000 troops64410631
64410632OPECformed in 1960 between saudi arabia, kuwait, iraq, and venezuela64410632
64410633Hungarian Revolttest to see if the US would respond to Soviet Actions64410633
64410634U-2 IncidentRussia Shot down a US spy plane flying over soviet territory.64410634
64410635Gary PowersPiolet of U-2 spy plane64410635
64410636Very Negativewhat were eisenhower's views about the cold war?64410636
64410637BeatnikJack Kerouac (On The Road). Model for the Hippies.64410637
64410638Communist control acttook away the rights, privileges and immunities of Communist Party and allowed for penalizing of Communists64410638
64410639Oppenheimer CaseOppenheimer suspended by Atomic Energy Commission as suspected security risk. near 6000 people left.64410639
64410640Korean ArmisticeDeath of Stalin and relaxed international situation64410640
64410641Atomic Energy ActPrivate Power companies allowed to own reactors for production of electric power, to own nuclear materials, and to patent own atomic inventions64410641
64410642Alaska and Hawaii become states195964410642
64410643Greensboro Sit-Inthousands of people sat a "whites only" lunch counter64410643

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