President Johnson & The Great Society
What was the purpose of Johnson's Great Society?
To promote a better life for Americans no matter their economic status
Define nuclear fallout
Streams of radioactive particles produced by a nuclear explosion
Define Peace Corps
Young college graduates that volunteered to go to poor nations to serve as educators and healthcare workers.
Who was the leader of the USSR after Stalin died?
Nikita Khrushchev
Who did Medicare give health care assistance to?
People over the age of 65
Define Arms Race
A race or competition between superpowers to seek military advantage over one another
Define Medicaid
Provided people at an economic disadvantage with free healthcare
Who was the President of the U.S. during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F Kennedy
Who did Medicaid give health care assistance to?
Poor people
Define Brinkmanship
The diplomatic art of going to the brink or edge of war without actually going to war
Define Great Society
A group of domestic programs proposed by President Johnson
Who was the dictator of Cuba that came to power by guerrilla warfare
Fidel Castro
What did the Civil Rights Act outlaw?
Discrimination in housing, employment, and public accommodations
Define Medicare
Healthcare program that provided healthcare to people over the age of 65
Who took office after the assassination of JFK?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Name the act that required the federal government to enforce desegregation.
Civil Rights Act
Define Warren Commission
The group of officials that investigated the assassination of JKF, led by Chief Justice Earl Warren
Who was President Kennedy's attorney general?
Robert Kennedy