| A | B |
|---|
| JFK | 35th president of US who was assassinated in Dallas |
| flexible response | policy developed by JFK of using non nuclear weapons to fight a war |
| Fidel Castro | ruler of Cuba |
| Berlin Wall | barrier built to keep East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin |
| Limited Test Ban Treaty | Treaty that barred nuclear testing in the atmosphere |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | VP who became president when Kennedy was assassinated |
| Great Society | name given to Johnson's domestic agenda |
| Medicare | insurance benifits for the elderly |
| Medicaid | insurance benefits for the poor |
| Earl Warren | Cheif Justice of the Supreme Court |
| Miranda Rights | Special rights of criminal suspects |
| reapportionment | the way in which states redraw their election districts |
| New Frontier | the name given to Kennedy's domestic program |
| mandate | an overwhelming show of support by voters |
| Peace Corp | a program that enlisted volunteers to help in poor countries |
| Warren Commission | group that investigated the assassination of President Kennedy |
| mandate | an overwhelmins show of support by voters |
| segregation | separation including by race |
| conspiracy | an agreement between two or more people to perform an illegal act |
| Brown v. Board of Education | case in which court ruled segregated schools were unconstitutional |
| Rosa Parks | Woman who helped start Montgoemry bus boycott |
| Dr. Martin Luther King Jr | leader of civil rights movement who advaocated non-violent methods |
| Jackie Robinson | First African American to play Major League Baseball |
| Thurgood Marshall | African American lawyer who led the legal challenge against segregation |
| Stokely Carmicheal | Leader of Black Power Movement |
| Malcolm X | African American leader who preached the views of Elijah Muyhammed, the head of the Nation of Islam (black Muslims) |
| Black Power | Movement that stressed black pride |
| Black Panther | African American group founded to combat police brutalit |
| affirmative action | program aimed at hiring or including minorities |
