| A | B |
|---|
| John F. Kennedy | elected President in 1960 |
| Richard M. Nixon | ran against Kennedy in 1960 |
| flexible response | Kennedy's new nuclear strategy |
| Fidel Castro | led a Communist revolution in Cuba |
| Bay of Pigs | unsuccessful attempt by the CIA to overthrow Fidel Castro |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | almost resulted in a nuclear war between the USA and the USSR |
| Berlin Wall | barrier put up to keep people from leaving Communist East Berlin |
| New Frontier | Kennedy's broad vision of human progress |
| mandate | a clear indication of what the voters want |
| Peace Corps | program of volunteers to developing nations |
| Alliance for Progress | offered economic and technical assistance to Latin American countries |
| Lee Harvey Oswald | killed President Kennedy in Dallas |
| Warren Commission | investigated the Kennedy assassination for Congress |
| Lyndon Baines Johnson | took over after the death of JFK |
| Economic Opportunity Act | created job training programs and antipoverty measures |
| Great Society | Lyndon Johnson's policies to end racism and poverty |
| Medicare | low cost health insurance for older Americans |
| Medicaid | health insurance to welfare recipients |
| Immigration Act of 1965 | ended the quota system for immigration |
| reapportionment | the way in which states redraw election districts to reflect change in population |
| Miranda v. Arizona | a defendant must be apprised of his rights when arrested |
| Gideon v. Wainwright | anyone accused of a felony must have an attorney |
| Escobero v. Illinois | defendant has the right to an attorney when being questioned |
