ch 20 history

phone between white house and and soviet union to contact each other in times of crisis

us troops and cuban exiles were secretly trying to overthrow castro and invade cuba. but failed and embarressed Kennedy

focus on the cold war civil rights foreign policy of cuba..

openly declared himself a communist leader for cuba and welcomed aid from the soviet union

watergate break. and made 29th amendment

soviet communist leader who defended cuba. offered to remove missiles from the us if in return that america not invade cuba

concrete wall that conained communism

be able to fight a nonnuclear war by increasing spending on things like troops ships and artilary

barred nuclear testing in the atmosphere to ease tension between the us and soviets

attorney general

africa asia and latin america

investigated the oswald conspiracy and concluded oswald as guilty

created youth programs, antipoverty measures, small business loans and job training

• job corps youth trainign program
• vista
• project head start
• community action program

president after kennedy, very experienced in politics. inspired americns to being to solve national and world problems

banned prayers in public schools

opened the door for many non europen immigrants to settle in the us

ended quotas based on nationality

provided hospital insurance and low cost medical insurance for almost every american age 65 for older