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| What were some of John F. Kennedy's characteristics? |
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| He was young, energetic, and the youngest man ever elected to that office. |
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| What did the 1960s bring to the United States? |
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| A sexual revolution, a war in Vietnam, the emergence of a "youth culture", and a feministic revolution |
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| Who was John F. Kennedy's attorney general? |
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| Who was the "business whiz" that took over the Defense Department? |
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| What idea was proposed by JFK that was an army of idealist and mostly youthful volunteers that would bring American skills to underdeveloped countries? |
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| Where did JFK graduate from? |
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| What was Kennedy's social program? |
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| Who was the Russian Premier? |
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| What was built by the Soviets to separate East & West Germany? |
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| What was encouraged by America that is now known as the European Union? |
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| Who was the French Leader? |
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| Who was the Communist Viet Cong movement led by? |
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| What was the 2 week long crisis that put the US, the USSR, and the world at the brink of nuclear war? |
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| What did the Freedom Riders do? |
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| Fanned out to try to end segregation, but White mobs often reacted violently towards them. |
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| A voter Education Project to register the South's blacks. |
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| What happened to 29-year-old James Meredith? |
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| He tried to enroll at the University of Mississippi, but white students didn't let him, so Kennedy sent 400 federal marshals and 3000 troops to ensure that Meredith could enroll in his first class. |
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| What happened on November 22, 1963? |
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| JFK was shot and killed, alledgedly by Lee Harvey Oswald, who was himself shot by self proclaimed avenger Jack Ruby.... |
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| Who became the next president after JFK was killed? |
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| What banned all racial discriminiation in most private facilities open to the public? |
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| What was aimed at eliminating discriminatory hiring? |
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| The Equal Empoloyment Opportunity Commission |
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| What was LBJ's program called? |
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| Who was opposed to LBJ, who attacked the federal income tax, the Social Security System, and the TVA? |
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| What happened at the Tonkin Gulf Incident? |
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| The North Vietnamese ships had allegedly fired on American ships, to attack Vietnam. |
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| What granted more than $1 billion to refurnish Appalachia? |
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| the Office of Economic Opportunity |
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| What were the two Departments LBJ created? And who was the head of them? |
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| The Department of Transportaion and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, headed by Robert C. Weaver |
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| What new programs were installed which gave certain rights to the elderly in terms of medicine and health maitenance? |
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| What abolished the "national origin" quota and doubled the number of immigrants allowed to enter the US annually to 290,000? |
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| The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 |
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| Who led black protests while mocking Martin Luther King Jr? |
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| Who led the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee? |
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