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Chapter 19 Vocab

Chapter 19 Vocab- 26 words

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1. John F. Kennedy Democratic representative in 1960 and became President.
2. Richard M. Nixon Republican candidate who ran against Kennedy.
3. Fidel Castro Led the Communist regime in Cuba.
4. flexible response Allowed the US to be prepared to fight any type of conflict.
5. Peace Corps This sent American volunteers around the world on "missions of freedom" to assist developing countries.
6. Alliance for Progress President Kennedy's program that gave economic aid to Latin America. Promised to resurrect America's Good Neighbor policy toward Latin America.
7. Bay of Pigs Invasion 1961 failed invasion of Cuba led by CIA forces of Cuban exiles.
8. Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 conflict between the US and the USSR resulting from the Soviet installation of nuclear missiles in Cuba.
9. Nikita Khrushchev The Soviet premier.
10. hot line Direct telephone line between the White House and the Kremlin set up after the Cuban missile crisis.
11. Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 1963 nuclear weapons agreement, which banned above ground nuclear tests
12. Berlin Wall Dividing wall that built by East Germany in 1961 to isolate West Berlin from Communist controlled East Berlin
13. New Frontier Described Kennedy's proposals to improve the economy, education, healthcare and civil rights.
14. Equal Pay Act (1961) required equal wages for "equal work" in industries engaged in commerce or producing goods for commerce.
15. Deficit spending The government practice of borrowing money in order to spend more than is received from taxes.
16. space race The term used to describe the competition between the USSR and the US to develop technology to successfully land on the moon.
17. Warren Commission Conducted the official investigation of the assassination, described Oswald as the "lone killer."
18. Lyndon B. Johnson Took the Presidency after the assassination of JFK.
19. Civil Rights Act Outlawed discrimination in voting, education, and public accommodations.
20. War on Poverty Introduced measures to train jobless, educate the uneducated, and provide healthcare for those in need.
21. Economic Opportunity Act Created the Job Corps to train young men and women between the ages of 16 and 21 in the work skills they needed to acquire better jobs and move out of poverty.
22. Great Society Demanded "an end to poverty and racial injustice" and opportunity for every child.
23. Medicare Medical Care for the Aged Program.
24. Medicaid Provided basic medical services to poor and disabled Americans who were not part of the Social Security system.
25. Immigration and Nationality Act of 1963 Altered America's quota systems.
26. Warren Court Supported civil rights, civil liberties, voting rights, and personal privacy.
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