Kennedy part 1
Military theory of nuclear deterrence holding that neither side will attack the other if both sides are guaranteed to be totally destroyed in conflict.
What is Mutual Assured Destruction?
Soviet Union orders the U.S out of Berlin.
What is the Berlin Crisis?
Treaty that barred nuclear testing in the atmosphere.
What is the Limited Test Ban Treaty?
April 12, 1961, worlds first space ship (Soviet).
What is Vostok?
Accused of assassinating JFK.
Who is Lee Harvey Oswald?
Economically less developed countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
What are third world countries?
Occurred on April 17, 1961 when 1,400 Cuban exiles landed on the island to overthrow Castro (total disaster).
What is the Bay of Pigs?
John F. Kennedy’s legislative campaign
What is the New Frontier?
First American to travel in space.
Who is Alan Shepard?
L.B.J.’ s program to end poverty and racial injustice in America.
What is the Great Society?
Kennedy’s policy of strengthening conventional non-nuclear forces.
What is flexible response?
Soviet Premier who promised to defend Cuba.
Who is Nakita Khrushchev?
Program of volunteer assistance to developing third world countries.
What is the Peace Corps?
First American to orbit the earth 3x.
Who is John Glenn?
Low cost medical insurance for the old.
What is Medicare?
Communist dictator of Cuba.
Who is Fidel Castro?
Hook-up between the US and Soviet Union that allowed quick communication if a crisis arose.
What is the Hotline?
Offered economic assistance to help Latin American countries improve their standard of living.
What is Alliance for Progress?
Nov. 22, 1963, when JFK was assassinated.
What is the Tragedy in Dallas?
Health insurance for the poor.
What is Medicaid?
Television and civil rights were seen as reasons for this event.
What 2 factors won Kennedy the election of 1960?
Kennedy’s warning that any missile attack from Cuba would trigger an all out nuclear attack on the Soviet Union.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Medical care for elderly, rebuild urban areas, aid education, increase international aid, and expand the space program were all goals of this.
What were 5 goals of Kennedy’s New Frontier?
Committee to investigate JFK’S assassination presided over by chief Justice Earl Warren.
What is the Warren Commission?
Replace the national origins act of 1929, this set an annual quota of 170,000 immigrants from the East, and 120,000 from the West.
What is the Immigration Act of 1965?