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Chapter 22
Kennedy and Johnson Years
Question | Answer |
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John F. Kennedy | 35th president, was seen as youthful and inspiring; known for his firm handling of the Cuban Missle Crisis; assassinated in 1963. |
1960 election | Kennedy vs. Nixon. Kennedy won. First televised election. |
New Frontier | President Kennedy's proposals to improve the economy, to assist the poor, and to advance the space program. |
Mandate | A public endorsement, expressed to a candidate by voters. |
Alliance for Progress | President Kennedy's proposal for cooperation among nations of the Western Hemisphere to meet the basic needs of their people. |
Peace Corps | Federal program established to send volunteers to help developing nations. |
Bay of Pigs Invasion | Failed invasion of Cuba by a group of anti-Castro forces in 1961. |
Fidel Castro | Revolutionary leader who took control of Cuba in 1959; ally of Soviet Union through the 1980s. |
Berlin Wall | Barrier built by the East German government to seperate Communist and non-Communist Berlin. |
Cuban Missle Crisis | 1962 crisis that arose between the United States and the Soviet Union over a Soviet attempt to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba. |
Nikita Khrushchev | Soviet leader from 1953 to 1964; opposed President Kennedy in the Cuban Missle Crisis. |
Limited Test Ban Treaty | 1963 treaty in which the United States and the Soviet Union agreed not to test nuclear weapons above the ground. |
Warren Commission | Commission, headed by Cheif Justice Earl Warren, that investigated the assassination of President Kennedy. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 36th president; expanded social assistance with his Great Society program; increased US commitment during Vietnam War. |
Great Society | President Lyndon Johnson's proposals for aid to public education voting rights, conservation and beautification projects, medical care for the elderly, and elimination of poverty. |
VISTA | Volunteers in Service to America- Federal program to send volunteers to help people in poor communities. |
Cheif Justice Earl Warren | Created the Warren Commission documents investigating President Kennedy's assassignation. |