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- 1960 election candidates
- JFK(D) and Nixon(R)
- How long was Nixon Eisenhower's vice pres?
- 8 years
- First time for what in this election?
- candidates to debate issues on TV
- What hurt Nixon?
- his apperanace
- What was Kennedy's religion (1st)?
- Catholic
- How old was Kennedy?
- 45
- What was the key state in the election?
- Illinois
- What organization did JFK set up?
- Peace Corps
- What was Kennedy's Program called?
- New Frontier
- What did the New Frontier consist of?
- more money for education, health insureance for elderly
- What did JFK ask the steel companies to do?
- hold down prices not raise them
- What was the consequence if the companies did not do what was asked?
- be invesigated and would use foreign steel
- No gender discrimination was to be involved in what?
- Federal Jobs
- What did JFK sign for women's rights?
- Equal Pay Act
- What was on his cabinet(ass.)
- a woman
- What threat intensified under JFK?
- nuclear war
- What did Russians do in 1957?
- sent first satellit into space
- What did Russians do in 1961?
- sent first man to orbit Earth
- What did Kennedy promise?
- man on the moon by the end of the decade
- Who was John Glen?
- first American to Orbit Earth(1962)
- What was Due Process
- right to life, property, and liberty
- Mapp v. Ohio
- unlawfully seized evidence is inadmissable at trial
- Gideon vs. Wainwright
- suspects are entitled to court appointed attorney
- Escobedo vs Illinois
- accused has right to attorney in questioning
- Miranda vs Arizona
- police must inform suspects of their rights during arrest process
- Engle vs Vitale
- state-mandated prayer in school is banned
- Abington School District vs. Schempp
- no bible reading in school
- What was Bay of Pigs(Apr 1961)?
- invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles
- Who turned Cuba Communist
- Fidel Castro
- Why did Kennedy fire Dullas(CIA director)?
- because CIA trained Cuban Exiles
- What did Kennedy say he would do to the CIA?
- break it up into a 1000 pieces
- What goes up in June, 1961?
- Berlin Wall
- What did the Berline Wall symbolize?
- beginning and end of the Cold War
- What was the closest the world came to Nuclear War?
- Cuban Missle Crisis 1964
- What discovered missle sights in Cuba?
- spy planes
- What did Kennedy do to Cuba?
- put a naval blockade on them
- What was the reason for the War of 1812?
- open sea war
- What was teh downfall of Kruschef?
- blockade
- When was Kennedy assassinated?
- Nov. 22, 1963
- Who was blamed for the assasination?
- Lee Harvey Oswald
- How quickly was Oswald blamed for the killing?
- one hour after JFK was shot
- Who else was Oswald blamed for?
- Tippit
- Where did Oswald work?
- School Book Depository (Sept.)
- Where and when was JFK shot?
- 6th floor at 12:30
- What did Lyndon Johnson start?
- Warren Commison-investigated assasination
- Who was involved with the Warren Commission?
- Dullus and Geral Ford
- Who came up with single bullet Theory?
- Arlin Spectorq
- Who was Zapruder?
- captured teh assasination on colored film
- How long was the assasination?
- 5.6 seconds
- Where was the film shot?
- grassy knoll
- Who was in front of JFK in car?
- Gov. Connely
- Who killed Oswald?
- Jack Ruby in garage of Dallas police station
- Where did Oswald die?
- Parkland Hospital
- Where did Jack Ruby die?
- 3 yrs later in Prison from Cancer
- Where did FBI fly JFK's body?
- N Bethesda Naval Hospital
- What year will record be released?
- 2039 but must be in 2017
- What is an order fromt the pres. called?
- Executive order
- How many soliders were in Vietnam by 1966?
- 1/2 million
- How many casualities?
- 500,000 killed, 1/4 million wounded