jfk

JFK

35th President

flexible response

preparing for a variety of military responses to international crisis rather than focusing on the use of nuclear weapons. JFK’s foreign policy

domino theory

proposed that one country falling to communist influence would quickly lead to other countries in the same area falling as well

Lyndon Baines Johnson

Kennedy’s successor who continued the policy's JFK had begun

Fidel Castro

revolutionary leader, declared himself a communist and welcomed aid from the Soviet union

Berlin Wall

a concrete wall topped with barbed wire that divided the city into 2

hot line

a phone between the white house and Kremlin, that enabled the leaders of the 2 countries to communicate immediately

limited test ban treaty

banned nuclear testing in the atmosphere

NPT

nuclear powers agreed not to sell or give nuclear weapons to any other countries

new frontier

provided medical care for the elderly, to rebuild brightened urban areas, to aid education, to bolster the national defense, increase national aid, and expand the space program

mandate

a clear indication that voters approved of his plan

peace corps

volunteer assistance to developing nations of Asia, Africa and Latin America

alliance program

offered economic and technical assistance to Latin american countries

warren commission

investigated and concluded that Oswald had shot the president while acting on his own

Lyndon Baines Johnson

president after JFK is assassinated

economic opportunity act

approved nearly $1 billion for youth programs, antipoverty measures, small business loans and job training

great society

a legislative program that would end poverty and racial injustice, under Johnson, college

medicare

provided hospital insurance for almost every American age 65 or older

medicaid

extended health insurance to welfare recipients

immigration act of 1965

law that increased the number of immigrants allowed to settle in the U.S

Warren Court

banned prayer in public schools and declared state- required loyalty oaths unconstitutional

reapportionment

which states redraw election districts based on the changing number of people in them