JFK and LBJ Poster Flashcard

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A friendly domestic/foreign policy that looked to send Americans to third world countries in the fields of Medicine, Agriculture and Education

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the Peace Corps

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President Kennedy's domestic program that Americans had to understand that in order to get through future obstacles and perils, sacrifices had to be made.

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New Frontier

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Which of the following is NOT a goal of Kennedy's domestic program?
improving the economy, reforming healthcare and education, improving civil rights for African Americans

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increasing taxes

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Led a revolution in Cuba in 1959 to overthrow brutal Batista dictatorship-Became a pro Soviet Communist Nation. Kennedy attempted to kill him in what is known as the Bay of Pigs Incident.

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Fidel Castro

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Plan to overthrow Castro which became an embarrassment for Kennedy when our CIA Operatives were captured by Fidel Castro's government

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Bay of Pigs

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The Event which placed the United States and USSR at the brink of War over Missiles in Cuba is known as ____________. Kennedy solved the problem by placing a blockade on Cuba and promising to stop the assassination attempts on Castro.

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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President John F. Kennedy responded to reports that the Soviet Union was constructing missile sites in Cuba by

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ordering a naval blockade of Cuba

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What of the following is true about the Berlin Wall? It was built to stop the spread of communism, It was built to stop people from leaving the Eastern Block of Germany, It was built to keep people from Eastern Germany out of Western Germany, It was built to make Germany Great again

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It was built to stop people from leaving the Eastern Block of Germany

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President Johnson's plan to create opportunities for all Americans and to bring an end to Poverty in America

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Great Society

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Medicare was a program that was a part of Johnson's domestic strategy aimed at his __________. It looked to aid the elderly with medical insurance and medicine.

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"war on poverty"