Unit 7 Test Flashcards
Great Society
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
1960 Presidential election
Republican- Richard Nixon
Democrat- John F. Kennedy
Held the first presidential debate, JFK elected
New Frontier
President Kennedy set out to implement a legislative agenda
Presidential Commission on the Status of Women
An end to gender discrimination and led to the Equal Pay Act of 1963
Warren Commission
National investigation into the assassination of President Kennedy , concluded that there was not a second gunman
Kennedy & separation of church & state
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Deficit spending by Kennedy
Increase defense spending and space exploration
14th Amendment
Civil Rights
Office of Economic Opportunity
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Special Olympics
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Cuban Missile Crisis
Kennedy promised Khrushchev to never invade Cuba if he removed the missiles