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| What president during the 60's was committed to social welfare programs? |
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| Medicare provides healthcare for the …. |
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| Medicaid is useful for people |
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| who are poor and need healthcare |
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| The Bay of Pigs invasion was when the CIA |
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| tried using Cuban exiles to overthrow Fidel Catro's regime |
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| When CIA trained Cuban exiles landed in Cuba they then … |
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| got their butts kicked. All were killed or taken prisoner. |
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| What was the effect of the Bay of Pigs on the U.S. and JFK ? |
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| both lost respect and prestige in the world's eyes |
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| Why was the U.S. afraid to let Vietnam vote on reunification? |
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| Because it would probably reunify under Ho Chi Minh, a known communist |
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| What gave LBJ the power he needed to send more troops into Vietnam? |
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| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
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| Upon taking office, JFK was informed of the CIA's plan to overthrow Castro. What was his decision in regards to this plan? |
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| To allow the CIA to go through with the overthrow attempt. |
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| According to the Domino Theory, what would happen if a country became Communist? |
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| Nearby countries would also become Communist |
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| Because of the Domino Theory, JFK and Johnson increased U.S. involvement in |
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| What was the goal of the Nuclear Freeze Movement? |
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| stop the making of nuclear weapons and the arms race between the U.S. and Soviets |
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| What effect did the protests against Vietnam have on Johnson? |
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| He decided not to run for reelection |
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| How did the media play an important role in the Vietnam War? |
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| Video of the war and of the Tet Offensive convinced many Americans that the war was costly and unwinnable |
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| How did the Vietnam War change after the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution? |
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| Johnson was then able to send hundreds of thousands of more troops |
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| Why has there been a constant stream of illegal immigration to America? |
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| Big businesses want cheap labor, it's difficult to legally immigrate, and there's no real way to enforce a 1,200 mile long border |
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| Proposition 187 was found unconstitutional, but was passed by Californians in order to |
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| deny illegal immigrants the ability get access to free healthcare, public schooling, and other social welfare programs |
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| What was the effect of the Immigration Act of 1965? |
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| A constant wave of immigration to the United States |
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| The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 favored what kind of immigrants? |
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| Immigrants with skills, that were refugees, and came from Eastern countries (Asia) |
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| From the 1920s until 1965, how did we determine who could enter the country? |
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| Immigration was based on quotas, where we only let in a set amount of people from each country |
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| After the immigration control act of 1986, what did it become illegal to do? |
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| Hire someone who was illegally in America |
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| What has been the goal of immigration policy since the 1980s? |
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| reduce illegal immigration |
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| JFK's programs and plan for America was known as what? |
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| Unlike Eisenhower, JFK heavily invested in what? |
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| conventional military forces and special forces |
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| Like Eisenhower, JFK heavily invested in what? |
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| LBJ's vision for America was known as what? |
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| What are social welfare programs? |
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| Programs that benefit the poor or disadvantaged |
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| What groups are the most likely to be poor? |
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| minorities, children, and the elderly |
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| How many Americans were considered poor in the 1960s? |
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| Why were minorities, such as blacks and Mexicans, more likely to be poor than whites? |
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| Racism prevented many minorities from enjoying the same opportunities as whites |
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| How did illegal immigrants benefit from the 1986 Immigration Control Act? |
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| Millions of illegal immigrants were granted amnesty and allowed to become citizens |
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| Who provided the funding and vision that finally allowed America to be the first country to send humankind to the moon in 1969? |
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| Did we win the Vietnam War? |
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| No, we ultimately withdrew all troops, and country became reunified under a Communist government |
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| How did Vietnam change American's attitudes about war? |
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| For decades, Americans became cautious of fighting another war where victory was hard to define and many Americans might be killed |
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| El Salvador becomes Communist. Soon, so does Honduras and Guatemala. What would this be an example of? |
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| What event caused JFK a lot of embarassment? |
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| Why did JFK have so few domestic accomplishments? |
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| He was much more interested in foreign affairs |
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| Why did LBJ have so many domestic accomplishments? |
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| LBJ was a skilled politicians with lots of influence gained from his time as majority leader of the U.S. Senate |
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| What was U.S. involvement in Vietnam like BEFORE the Gulf of Tonkin? |
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| The U.S. had sent aid and advisors to support the South Vietnamese |
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| What was U.S. involvement in Vietnam like AFTER the Gulf of Tonkin? |
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| The U.S. instituted a draft and sent hundreds of thousands of G.I.s to fight Vietnamese Communists |
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| Besides the War on Povery, what Johnson's biggest addition to social welfare? |
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| JFK began to lose support and may have been assassinated because of his support for what? |
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| The emerging Civil Rights Movement |
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| Why is LBJ not remembered as a great president? |
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| Many Americans feel that escalating the war in Vietnam was a tragic mistake |
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| Why are minorities often more poor than white Americans? |
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| Why did the U.S. change it's immigration policies during the 1960s? |
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| In order to create a more diverse America |
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| What's the purpose of the International Monetary Fund? |
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| to provide money and loans to poor and developing nations. |
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| What type of Americans were against NAFTA? |
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