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Unit 11 Review. Unit 11 Review. President Kennedy – Youngest elected, Peace Corps, space race Bay of Pigs – Try to remove a Communist dictator (Castro) Cuban Missile Crisis – Soviets eventually remove missiles President Johnson – Head Start;. Unit 11 Review.
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Unit 11 Review • President Kennedy – • Youngest elected, Peace Corps, space race • Bay of Pigs – • Try to remove a Communist dictator (Castro) • Cuban Missile Crisis – • Soviets eventually remove missiles • President Johnson – • Head Start;
Unit 11 Review • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution – • Gives Johnson power to escalate Vietnam • Great Society – • War on Poverty • Medicare – • Health care for the elderly (over 65) • Medicaid – • Health care for the poor
Unit 11 Review • President Nixon – • Forms DEA • War Powers Act – • Limits President’s wartime powers • Watergate – • Public trust in govt. declines; President is not above the law • Détente – • Easing of tensions between US, Communists; China, SALT
Unit 11 Review • Vietnam – • Secret bombings in Cambodia; Vietnamization • President Ford – • Only person to serve as VP & Prez, not elected to either one; pardons Nixon • Camp David Accords – • Peace between Egypt & Israel; highlight of presidency • Hostages – • Iran
Unit 11 Review • Energy crisis – • Look for alternative fuel sources • Rachel Carson – • Silent Spring; protect environment • Ralph Nader – • Consumer protection • Both comparable to muckrakers; expose problems in society