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| New Frontier | President John F. Kennedy's legislative program, which included proposals to provide medical care for the elderly, to rebuild blighted urban areas, to aid education, to bolster the national defense, to increase international aid, and to expand the space program. |
| Mandate | The authority to act that an elected official recieves from the voters who elected him or her. |
| Peace Corps | An agency established in 1961 to provide volunteer assistance to developing nations in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. |
| Alliance for Progress | A U.S. foreign-aid program of the 1960s, providing economic and technical assistance to Latin American countries. |
| Warren Commission | A group, headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren, that investigated the assassination of President Kennedy and concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald was alone responsible for it. |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | Assuming the role of President after Kennedy's assassination, in 1963, he pushed for civil rights and the allieviation of poverty. |
| Great Society | President Lyndon B. Johnson's program to reduce poverty and racial injustice and to promote a better quality of life in the United States. |
| Medicare | A federal program, established in 1965, that provides hospital insurance and low-cost medical insurance to Americans aged 65 and over. |
| Immigration Act of 1965 | A law that made it easier for non-European immigrants to settle in the United States. |
| Warren Court | The Supreme Court during the period when Earl Warren was chief justice, noted for its activism in the areas of civil rights and free speech. |
| Reapportionment | The redrawing of election districts to reflect changes in population. |
| Miranda rights | The rights--including the right to remain silent and the right to consult an attorney--that every accused person must be informed of at the time of his or her arrest, according to the Supreme Court's 1966 decision in the case Miranda v. Arizona. |
| Medicaid | A program established in 1965, that provides health insurance for people on welfare. |
