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AQA A Level History- 2Q- The American Dream Reality and Illusion > Unit 3: Topic 1- The Presidential Election of 1960 > Flashcards

Unit 3: Topic 1- The Presidential Election of 1960 Flashcards

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1
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By what margin did Kennedy win the 1960 election?

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0.17%

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Which independent candidate won Southern states in the 1960 election and how many did he win?

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  • Harry Byrd
  • 3 states
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How many life-threatening diseases did Kennedy have?

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4

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How old were Kennedy and Nixon at the time of the election?

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  • Kennedy- 43
  • Nixon- 47
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How many Americans did Kennedy claim were starving?

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17 million

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How much experience did Kennedy and Nixon have?

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  • Kennedy- 13 years in Congress- 7 years in the Senate
  • Nixon- 13 years in Congress- 8 years as Vice President
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When was the first ever TV debate?

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6 weeks before the 1960 election

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How many people watched the 1960 TV debate?

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74 million

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Who was Martin Luther King’s wife who Kennedy called after King was arrested?

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Corretta Scott King

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How much of the black vote did Kennedy win?

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70%

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What statistic did Kennedy emphasise to point out not all Americans had the American dream?

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7% unemployment

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12
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Who was Nixon’s running mate in the 1960 election?

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Henry Cabot Lodge

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13
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How many states did Nixon campaign in for the 1960 election?

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All 50 states

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14
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Why did the taller candidate have the advantage in the 1960?

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Since 1904 the taller candidate won all but 2 elections

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How many votes is Kennedy estimated to have lost due to his Catholicism?

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1.5 million

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What is an example of a campaign song Kennedy used?

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Kennedy for Me

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17
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Where and when did Kennedy give his ‘New Frontier’ speech?

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  • Democratic National Convention
  • July 1960
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18
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How many frontiers did Kennedy suggest in his ‘New Frontier’ speech and what were they?

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  • 4 frontiers
  • Poverty and Surplus
  • Peace and War
  • ignorance and Prejudice
    *
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19
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What did Kennedy focus on with regards to poverty and surplus?

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7% unemployment

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How did Kennedy fulfil science and space element of the New Deal?

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  • $9 billion
  • 3 Americans put into space
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How did Kennedy fulfil ‘Ignorance and prejudice’ element of his new deal in his election campaign?

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  • Called Coretta Scott King while King was imprisoned and called Georgia authorities to help with his release.
  • 70% of black vote won.
  • Focus on women’s rights
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22
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Who was leader of the Peace Corps under Kennedy (and Johnson)

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Sargent Shriver

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What relation was Sargent Shriver to Kennedy and what role did he have?

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  • His brother in law
  • Leader of the Peace Corps
  • Helped Kennedy with election campaign- recommended talk with Coretta Scott King
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What executive order created the Peace Corps?

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Executive Order 10924

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Who was Kennedy (and Johnson’s) Secretary of Defence and why was he chosen?

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  • Robert McNamara
  • Headhunted from role in Ford- career in accountancy
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What role did Robert McNamara play?

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  • Secretary of Defence
  • Involved in Vietnam war, restructuring military strategy
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Who was Kennedy (and Johnson’s) US National Security Advisor?

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McGeorge Bundy

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What role did McGeorge Bundy perform for Kennedy?

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  • National Security Advisor
  • Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, escalation in Vietnam
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Who was Kennedy (and Johnson’s) Secretary of State?

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Dean Rusk

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What role did Dean Rusk perform for Kennedy?

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  • Secretary of State
  • Mostly facilitated what Kennedy wanted in Bay of Pigs/ Vietnam
  • Had more of a role under LBJ
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Who was Kennedy’s Attorney General?

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Bobby Kennedy

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32
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What role did Bobby Kennedy perform for John Kennedy?

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  • Attorney General
  • Brother and closest advisor
  • Worked for Department of Justice- civil rights.
  • Aided in Cuban Missile crisis and Berlin Crisis.
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Who was the (racist) founder and head of the FBI?

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J Edgar Hoover

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34
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How long had LBJ served in Congress when he became Vice President?

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24 years

35
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When was Kennedy assasinated?

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November 1963

36
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How many bills that Kennedy submitted were passed?

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35/58

37
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What did Kennedy establish to aid Women’s rights and when?

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  • Presidential Commission on the Status of Women
  • December 1961
38
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Who chaired the 1961 Presidential Commission on the Status of Women?

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Elenor Roosevelt

39
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What did the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women produce for Kennedy and when?

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  • Report called ‘American Women’ highlighting discrimination
  • 1963
40
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What act did Kennedy sign to help Women’s rights and when?

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  • Equal Pay Act
  • June 1963
41
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What did the Equal Pay Act enable?

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  • 171,000
  • $84 million over 10 years
42
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When was the civil rights bill introduced?

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1963

43
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What project did Kennedy create to help black voters and when?

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  • April 1962
  • Voter Education Project
44
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What did Kennedy introduce for civil rights?

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  • Committee on Equal Employment Opportunities (CEEO)
  • Discrimination in public housing prohibited
  • Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)- desegregation on interstate travel
45
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When did the US put a chimpanzee into space?

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January 1961

46
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Who was the first man in space and when did the Soviets put into him there?

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  • April 1961
  • Yuri Gagarin
47
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When was the Apollo programme aiming to put a man on the moon launched?

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May 1961

48
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Who was the first person for the Americans to put into space and when?

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  • Alan Shepard
  • May 1961
49
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Who did the Americans put into space?

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  • Alan Shepard
  • Gus Grissom
  • John Glenn
50
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When did the US develop the first communications satelite and what was it called?

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  • Telstar
  • 1962
51
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How much did Kennedy give NASA to put a man on the moon?

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$9 billion

52
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When did the USSR test the biggest thermonuclear bomb and what was it called?

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  • 1961
  • Tsar Bomb
53
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What act increased the minimum wage?

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  • Minimum Wage Act
  • 1961
54
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What were the benefits of the 1961 minimum wage act?

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  • 25 cent increase to $1.25
  • Covered 3.6 million workers
  • $175 million more paid
55
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What were the limitations of the 1961 minimum wage act?

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  • 500,000 poorest not covered
  • Included 150,000 laundry workers (black women)
56
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What act protected young people in the work place, when was it and what were it’s effects?

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  • Fair Labour Standards Act
  • 1961
  • 2 million jobs protected
57
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What acts aided workers rights?

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  • Minimum Wage Act (1961)
  • Fair Labour Standards Act (1961)
  • Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (1962)
58
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What acts aided Employment and Training?

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  • Area Redevelopment Act (1961)
  • Manpower Development and Training Act (1962)
59
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What did the 1961 Area Redevelopment Act do to help workers?

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  • $394 million to extend employment opportunities
  • 26,000 jobs
  • 15,000 people in training programs
60
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What were the limitations of the 1961 Area Redevelopment Act?

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  • 5 million Americans remained unemployed
  • Congress refused to reauthorise the Act in 1963 due to Republican jealousy
61
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What did the 1962 Manpower Development and Training Act do to help workers?

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  • December 1962- 351 programs
  • 12,600 trainees in 40 states
62
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What acts helped housing and development?

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  • Omnibus Housing Act- 1961
  • New Housing Act
63
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What did the Omnibus Housing Act do to aid Americans?

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  • $5 billion for urban renewal and public housing
  • Low interest loans for middle income families
64
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What did the New Housing Act do to help Americans?

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  • 420,000 jobs
  • $3.19 billion spent
  • Urban renewal grants x2
  • 100,000 new homes
65
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What proposition to aid housing and urban development was rejected?

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Department of Urban Affairs and Housing

66
Q

What programme aided agriculture, what did it do and when was it?

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  • Food and Agriculture Act
  • 1962
  • Federal subsidies to farmers
67
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What programmes/ acts aided food poverty?

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  • Food Stamp Act (1964)
  • School Lunch Act
  • Department of Agriculture doubled food distribution to poor and unemployed
68
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What benefits did the Food Stamp Act provide?

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  • 240,000 people fed annually
  • Cost $22 million
69
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What benefits did the School Lunch Act provide?

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  • 700,000 more children had hot lunches
  • 85,000 more childcare places had fresh milk
70
Q

When were tax cuts to stimulate the economy rejected?

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1963

71
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What welfare reforms and social security measures were introduced?

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  • Social Security Amendments Act (1961)
  • Increased Welfare Benefits
  • Increased Social Security Benefits
  • Retirement Benefits- benefits for retired govt workers
  • Increased Foster Care and Disabled Funding:
72
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How were welfare benefits increased?

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  • $200 million allocated for 750,000 children
  • $780 million in unemployment benefits helped 3 million unemployed.
73
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How were social security benefits increased?

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Increased by 20%, extension covering 5 million more Americans.

74
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What proposed welfare reform was rejected and when?

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  • Univeral Healthcare Bill (Medicare)
  • 1963
75
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How much New Frontier legislation had an educational aspect?

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1/3

76
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What educational reforms occured under hte new frontier?

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  • Vocational Education Act (1963)
  • Educational Television Facilities Act (1962)
  • Healthcare Training Grants and Loans
77
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What act expanded scholarships and student loans?

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Vocational Education Act (1963)

78
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What act provided funds to aid the use of TV in schools?

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Educational Television Facilities Act (1962)

79
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What were the features of aid for healthcare training?

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  • $2,000 per year for healthcare training
  • New facilities for trainee healthcare providers
80
Q

What educational provision was rejected and when?

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  • Proposed financial aid for elementary and secondary education rejected
  • 1961
81
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What provision was there for healthcare?

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  • Increased funding for nursing homes and migrant worker healthcare
  • Social Security Act (1963)
  • Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (1963)
  • Clean Air Act (1963)
82
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What act enabled vaccination of millions of children and more attention to disabled and when?

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  • Social Security Act
  • 1963
83
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What act tightened regulations on drugs and when?

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  • Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
  • 1963
84
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What act expanded National Parks and doubled funding to prevent water pollution and when?

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  • Clean Air Act
  • 1963

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