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| mandate | Public support |
| New Frontier | A set of domestic and foreign-policy proposals announced by President John F. Kennedy in his 1961 inaugural address. |
| flexible response | President John F. Kennedy's policy of building up military forces and conventional weapons, thus providing more military options. |
| Bay of Pigs | Bay on the coast of Cuba that Cuban exiles, secretly trained by the U.S., tried to invade; the exiles were quickly defeaated |
| Berlin Wall | Wall built in 1961 between East and West Berlin to stop East Berliners from crossing into the West. |
| Cuban missile crisis | 1962 Military crisis that almost led to nuclear war when U.S. naval ships blockaded Cuba until the Soviet Union agreed to remove its missiles from the island. |
| Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty | 1963 International agreement to ban above-ground testing of new nuclear weapons; signed by the U.S. and Soviet Union. |
| War on Poverty | Name given to President Lyndon B. Johnson's program assisting poor Americans. |
| Great Society | Social reform programs established by President Lyndon B. Johnson. |
| Medicare | 1965 Federal health care program for people over the age of 65. |
| Medicaid | 1965 Federal health insurance program for people with low incomes. |
| Immigration and Nationality Act | 1965 Legislation that established new quotas for immigration. |
| generation gap | Division between older and younger people. |
| counterculture | An alternative culture with values that run counter to, or against, those in the main society. |
| pop art | Art movement that challenged tha values of traditional art by using popular, commonplace images and objects. |
| Motown Records | First major record label owned by an African American; founded by businessman Berry Gordy in 1959. |
| Woodstock | 1969 Concert that took place near Woodstock, New York; became a symbol of the counter-culture's idealistic spirit. |
| Apollo program | The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's program to land astronauts on the Moon; this landing took place on July 20, 1969. |
| National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act | 1966 Law that required the federal government to enact safety standards for all cars sold in the U.S. |
| Peace Corps | President JFK's program that sends American volunteers to assist developing nations with improvement projects. |
| Equal Pay Act (1963) | Law requiring employers to pay men and women the same wages for the same job. |
| Chicano Movement | Effort of young Hispanic activists to end discrimination and increase cultural pride. |
| Black Power | Social and political movement in the 1960's that called for greater African American economic and political power. |
