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JFK vocab

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Massachusetts senator who won the election of 1960 by gaining support from southern states by choosing LBJ to be his vice president JFK
JFK’s vice presidential running mate who was the senate majority leader and gained JFK support from southern states due to him being from Texas LBJ
Event where the CIA trained Cubans and attempted to incite an uprising in Cuba, but failed Bay of Pigs Invasion
US discovered that the Soviets had underground missile sites being built in Cuba which were able to reach the US. Kennedy took action by setting up a naval blockade against Cuba until the weapons were removed Cuban Missile Crisis
Policy where there was an increased spending on conventional, nonnuclear arms and mobile military forces, which reduced the risk of using nuclear weapons Flexible Response
Commission led by Chief Justice Earl Warren that concluded Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin of JFK Warren Commission
Book by Michael Harrington that helped gain national attention to the 40 million Americans still living in poverty The Other America
A series of programs that aimed to increase the standard of living in the US and help people in poverty Great Society
A program that provided health insurance for all people 65 and older Medicare
Provided funds to states to pay for medical care for the poor and disabled Medicaid
Eight week demonstration project designed to break the cycle of poverty Headstart
Immigration law that focused on an immigrant’s skill or their connection to US citizens Immigration Act
Made segregation illegal in all public facilities and gave the federal government additional powers to enforce school desegregation Civil Rights Act of 1964
Ended literacy tests and provided federal registrars in areas where blacks were kept from voting Civil Rights Act of 1965
Prohibited discrimination in the business of selling, renting and financing a home Civil Rights Act of 1968
Earl Warren- Supreme court chief justice who led a group that voted on high scale civil cases, including Brown vs. Board Warren Court
Re-established the right to a lawyer being present during police questioning Miranda vs Arizona
Principle of “one man, one vote” that meant election districts would have to be redrawn to provide equal representation for all citizens Reapportionment
Radical student organization that called for university decisions to be made through participatory democracy so that students can have a say in decisions Students for a Democratic Society
Led by Berkeley students, this movement demanded an end to university restrictions on student political activities Free Speech Movement
Equal Rights Amendment that states “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex” ERA
Incident where US warships had allegedly been fired on by Vietnam and President Johnson used this incident to convince congress to get involved Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
A prolonged air attack using B-52 bombers against targets in North Vietnam Operation Rolling Thunder
Media term that referred to what was created by misinformation from the military/civilian leaders and Johnson’s reluctance to speak frankly with the American people about the scope and cost of the war Credibility Gap
Hawks= war was Soviet communist aggression against South Vietnam + beginning to conquer all of Southeast Asia Doves= civil war being between Vietnamese nationalists + communists trying to unite the country by overthrowing a corrupt Saigon government Hawks vs. Doves
Term for a US military counterattack against a Vietnamese surprise attack on their Lunar New Year TET Offensive
 

 



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