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Missile Gap
Belief that the Soviet Union had more nuclear weapons than the United States.
Reapportionment
The method states use to draw up political districts based on changes in population.
Due Process
A judicial requirement that laws may not treat individuals unfairly, arbitrarily, or unreasonably, and that courts must follow proper procedures and rules when trying cases.
Commentator
One who explains, discusses, or reports in an expository manner, especially news on radio or on television.
Arbitrary
Existing or coming about seemingly at random or as an unfair or unreasonable act of will.
New Frontier
The campaign program advocated by JFK in the 1960 election. He promised to revitalize the stagnant economy and enact reform legislation in education, health care, and civil rights.
Earl Warren
Chief Justice during the 1950's and 1960's who used a loose interpretation to expand rights for both African-Americans and those accused of crimes.
Flexible Response
Flexible response calls for mutual deterrence at strategic, tactical, and conventional levels, giving the United States the capability to respond to aggression across the spectrum of warfare, not limited only to nuclear arms.
Space Race
a competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union
Conventional
following accepted customs and proprieties
Institute
an association organized to promote art or science or education
Remove
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract
Peace Corps
(JFK) , volunteers who help third world nations and prevent the spread of communism by getting rid of poverty, Africa, Asia, and Latin America
Berlin Wall
In 1961, the Soviet Union built a high barrier to seal off their sector of Berlin in order to stop the flow of refugees out of the Soviet zone of Germany. The wall was torn down in 1989.
Warren Commission
Commission made by LBJ after killing of John F. Kennedy. (Point is to investigate if someone paid for the assasination of Kennedy.) Conclusion is that Oswald killed Kennedy on his own. Commissioner is Chief Justice Warren.
Consensus
agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole
Confine
place limits on (extent or access)
Subsidy
a grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public
War on Poverty
Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty in his 1964 State of the Union address. A new Office of Economic Opportunity oversaw a variety of programs to help the poor, including the Job Corps and Head Start.
VISTA
a distant view seen through an opening, the visual percept of a region
Barry Goldwater
1964; Republican contender against LBJ for presidency; platform included lessening federal involvement, therefore opposing Civil Rights Act of 1964; lost by largest margin in history, An American senator for Arizona who ran against Johnson for president. His extreme conservatism scared many into voting for Johnson.
Great Society
President Johnson called his version of the Democratic reform program the Great Society. In 1965, Congress passed many Great Society measures, including Medicare, civil rights legislation, and federal aid to education.
Medicare
A program added to the Social Security system in 1965 that provides hospitalization insurance for the elderly and permits older Americans to purchase inexpensive coverage for doctor fees and other health expenses.
Medicaid
a federal and state assistance program that pays for health care services for people who cannot afford them
Head Start
a preschool program for children from low-income families that also provides healthcare, nutrition services, and social services
Robert Weaver
first African American to serve in a cabinet; served as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development under Johnson
