Unit 7 Test Flashcards

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Great Society

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Anti-poverty programs and legislation progress in regards to civil rights were all part of Johnson’s plan

  • War on Poverty
  • VISTA
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Project head start, upward bound
  • Housing and Urban development act
  • Child Nutrition Act
  • Higher education Act, Job Corps
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1960 Presidential election

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Republican- Richard Nixon
Democrat- John F. Kennedy
Held the first presidential debate, JFK elected

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New Frontier

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President Kennedy set out to implement a legislative agenda

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Presidential Commission on the Status of Women

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An end to gender discrimination and led to the Equal Pay Act of 1963

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Warren Commission

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National investigation into the assassination of President Kennedy , concluded that there was not a second gunman

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Kennedy & separation of church & state

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Idk

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Deficit spending by Kennedy

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Increase defense spending and space exploration

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14th Amendment

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Civil Rights

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Office of Economic Opportunity

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Idk

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Special Olympics

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Idk

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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Kennedy promised Khrushchev to never invade Cuba if he removed the missiles

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