| A | B |
|---|
| flexible response | Policy 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 |
| hot line | direct phone line between the White House and the Kremlin |
| Limited Test Ban Treaty | Treaty that barred nuclear testing in the atmosphere |
| New Frontier | Kennedy's domestic program |
| Peace Corps | a program that enlisted volunteers to help in poor countries |
| Alliance for Progress | a program that supplied aid to Latin America |
| Warren commission | body that investigated the assassination of JFK |
| Lee Harvey Oswald | alleged shooter of JFK |
| Lyndon B Johnson | Jfk's VP who succeeded him |
| Economic Opportunity Act | Act that created numerous anti-poverty measures |
| Great Society | LBJ's domestic agenda |
| Medicare | health benefits for the elderly |
| Medicaid | health benefits for the poor |
| Miranda Rights | special righs of criminal suspects |
| Khrushchev | Soviet leader who squared off against JFK during the Cuban crisis |
| Kremlin | serves as the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the Russian Federation, overlooks Red Square in Moscow |
| Jack Ruby | assassinated Lee Harvey Oswald |
| Robert Kennedy | JFK's brother who served as his Atty. General |
| Richard Nixon | lost 1960 election by a small margin after the first televised debate |
