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Henry Fairley

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BRITISH journalist, “politics of expectation”

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New frontier with

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JFKs program

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Robert McNamara

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Systems analysts and former head of ford- with FDR for defense

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C. Douglas Dillon

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Highly admired republican banker for FDR secretary of the treasury

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David Halberstam

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Journalist commenting on FDRs crew

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Fidel Castro

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Overthrown Cuban dictator

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Bay of Pigs

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Trained CIA agents to invade Cuba to rid it of the soviets and the “wars of nationaliberation “ but was a failure and everyone was attacked immediately

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Peace corps

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People devote 2+ years helping 3rd world countries. Also a Cold War weapon to exemplify that the 3 world countries are developing into the superior democracy over inferior communism

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Alliance for progress

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20 billion partnership between us and republics of Latin American

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Alan Shepard

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First American in space

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John Glenn

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First American to orbit earth

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Fiscal policy

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Application of modern economics theory to government- cut taxes but increased consumerism which allowed for good things. Congress declared unorthodox

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SNCC

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Used sit in tactics to protest segregation

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CORE

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Interracial congress of racial equality- freedom rides

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Freedom rides

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Call attention to congress segregation- causes much death and suffering

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Birmingham

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Most segregated city in us. Marched to picket it’s dept stores

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Eugene Connor

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Used violent methods to stop Birmingham March- Caused JFK to step in

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Medgar Evers

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President of NAACP, shot after second emancipation proclamation

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Flexible response

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Nation must be prepared for all types of wars- high budget

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McGeorge Bundy

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Said that both us and the ussr backed down after bomb threat because they were so close

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Green Berets

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Special forces trained for unconventional, small group warfare

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NLF

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National liberation front- against fighting

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Diem

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Lee Harvey Oswald

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JFKs assassin

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Title VII

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Outlawed Discrimination with all, enacted EEOC

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EEOC

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Equal employment opportunity commission- no job discrimination

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Freedom summer

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Major civil rights campaign in Mississippi and organized the Mississippi freedom Democratic Party

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Voting rights act

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Outlawed literacy tests and other measures most southern states used to prevent blacks from voting

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Goldwater

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Unsuccessful Candidate against Johnson- anti communism and government

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Stewart udall

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Secretary of the interior- emphasized quality of life

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Immigration act of 1965

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Abandoned quota system, replacing it with better limits for immigration

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OEO

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Office of economic opportunity act- huge war on poverty thing

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OEC

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Made numerous programs and was dubbed the alphabet agencies of the new deal

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VISTA

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Volunteers in service to America- modeled on peace corps

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Gulf of Tonkin resolution

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Have Johnson a mandate to conduct operations in Vietnam

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William Westmoreland

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General that commanded us forces

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Pete Seeger

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Folk singer

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AIM

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Indian rights movement

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UFW

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United farm workers- organized by Cesar Chavez was a program for migrant workers

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Dolores Huerta

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Helped Cesar Chavez

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MAPA

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Elected Mexican candidates for their party

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Edward royball

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Mexican candidate

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Henry Gonzalez

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Mexican candidate

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Chicano

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Term that replaced Mexican American and organized a political party

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Tet offensive

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Vietcong unleashed massive assault

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