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Immigration Act 1965
repplaces the varying quotas with a limit of 20000 immigrants per year from any one country outside the W. Hemisphere
Vietnam
north- communist south - noncommunist
1964 election
Johnson- landslide victory
Alliance for Progress
a vast cooperative effort to satisfy the basic needs of people in N. C. and S. America for homes, work, land, health, and schools
Miranda Rule
rule stating: police must inform accused persons that they have the right to remain silent; that anything they say can be used against them in court; they have the right to an attorney
Fidel Castro
communist ruler of Cuba
Barry Goldwater
senator of AZ who LBJ beat in the election
Landslide Linden
LBJ's nickname due to his small marginal win of 87 votes
Escobedo vs. Illinois
ruled that accused indeividuals had to be given access to an attorney while being questioned
Limited Test Ban Treaty
agreement which banned nuclear testing above the ground
quarantine
what kennedy called the "blockade" around Cuba
Head Start
a preschool program for children from low-income families that also provides healthcare, nutrition services, and social services
Berlin Crisis
Berlin was fought over for who controlled which sect. of the country
Cuban Missile Crisis
a terrifying standoff between the US and the Soviet Union that brought the superpowers to the brink of the nuclear war
Berlin Wall
symbol of the Cold War, built to seperate Communist and non-Communist Berlin
Mapp vs. Ohio
established the exclusionary rule, which states that evidence seized illegally cannot be used in trial
Baker vs. Carr
declared that state legislative districts had to be divided on the basis of "one man, one vote" and prevented the party in power from drawing district lines in unfair ways to give itself more potential votes
Gideon vs. Wainwright
stated that suspects in criminal cases who could not afford a lawyer had the right to free legal aid
apportionment
the distribution if the seats in a legislature among electoral districts.
medicare
provides hospital and low-cost medical insurance of most Americans age 65 and older.
Johnson's tax cut
caused the Gross National Product to rise and unemplyement fell and inflation remained in check
Roth vs. US
ruled that obscene materials were "utterly without redeeming social importance"
Peace Corps
program which sent volunteers abroad as educators, health workers, and technicians to help developiing nations around the world
Great Society
LBJ's proposals to relieve poverty, aid education, healtchare, aavoting rights, and several other major legislatives initiatives
daisy campaign
a comercial series whcih showed Goldwater's clear position on nuclear war
Reynolds vs. Sims
The supreme court held that state legislative districts not based on the "one man, one vote: formula violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment
VISTA
Volunteers in Service to America -- sent volunteers to help people in poor communities.
Bay of Pigs Invasion
failed invasion of Cuba by a group of anti-Castro forces
medicaid
provides low cost health insurance coverage to poor Americans of any age who cannot afford their own private health insurance
Dominican Republic
a Carribean nation close to Cuba
Warren Court
supreme court under it Cheif Justice Earl Warren

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