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Ch.20
final exam
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History
11th Grade
05/20/2010

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Fidel Castro
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overthrew Fulgencio Batista and est. a Communist gov. in Cuba
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Bay of Pigs Invasion
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Einshower gave CIA permission to secretly train the Cuban exhiles for an invasion of Cuba.Main goal trigger a massive uprising that would overthrow Castro.
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limited test ban treaty
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barred nuclear testing in the atmosphere
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november 22,1963
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date of jfk's assassination
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elementary and secondary education act
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provided 1 billion in federal aid to help public and private schools purchase textbooks and new library materials.
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flexible response
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allowed President jfk to boost military forces and created an elite branch of army called the green berets.
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to stop ppl. of E. Berlin from fleeing to W. Berlin
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Main reason for the construction of the berlin wall?
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minorities and poor
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Great Society benefited what group of ppl.?
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24th amendment
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abolished poll tax in federal government
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