Chapter 29 - A New Frontier and a Great Society (1960-1968)

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President John F Kennedy

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President John F Kennedy

________ promised a "New Frontier "in 1961, but many of his domestic policies stalled in Congress.

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Martin Luther King Jr

In April, ________ was assassinated, setting off violent riots in urban ghettos across the country.

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Bay of Pigs fiasco

The ________ led the Soviet premier, Nikita Khrushchev, to test American resolve by erecting the Berlin Wall and installing nuclear- armed missiles in Cuba, which provoked the Cuban missile crisis.

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Lyndon Johnson

________ began his presidency committed to social reform, especially civil rights.

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