| A | B |
|---|
| John F Kennedy | 35 President; defeated Nixon 1960 |
| Fidel Castro | Communist ruler of Cuba |
| Bay of Pigs invasion | Failed attempt by U.S. to overthrow Cuba: Pres. Kennedy |
| Berlin Wall | Barrier built to keep East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin |
| Hot line | Direct phone line between the White House and the Kremlin |
| Limited Test Ban Treaty | Banned nuclear testing in the atmosphere |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | Closest U.s. has ever come to Nuclear war when Soviets placed nuclear missiles in Cuba |
| New Frontier | Kennedy's domestic programs |
| Peace Corps | Program that enlisted volunteers to help in poor countries |
| Alliance for Progress | Program that supplied aid to Latin America |
| Lee Harvey Oswald | Assassinated President Kennedy |
| Warren Commision | Congressional committee that investigated the assassination of President Kennedy |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | Kennedy's Vice President; became President after Kennedy assassination |
| Great Society | Johnson's domestic agenda |
| Medicare and Medicaid | Health benefits for the elderly and poor |
