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  1. 3. the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren from 1953 to 1969, known for its activism on civil rights and free speech
  2. 6. the killing of four protesters at Kent State University in 1970 by National Guard troops; reports of the shootings led to increased antiwar protests
  3. 14. At Kennedy's inauguration, a new musical called
  4. 16. a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in fall 1962 over the building of Soviet missile-launching sites in Cuba, in response to which the United States established a quarantine
  5. 18. an herbicide used by the U.S. military in Vietnam to kill foliage in an effort to deny cover to the enemy
  6. 19. an explosive device buried just below the ground, designed to blow up when stepped on
  7. 20. singer that sang about racial injustice, nuclear war, and other issues that defined this period of social change. His lyrics were more similar to beat poetry
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  1. 1. a U.S. policy designed to promote security and stability in South Vietnam
  2. 2. an invasion of Cuba in 1961, which was authorized by John F. Kennedy for the purpose of overthrowing Castro's regime
  3. 4. a communication line between the United States and the Soviet Union that is kept open at all times so they can contact each other instantly during a crisis
  4. 5. a group in society with ideas and behaviors very different from those of the larger mainstream culture
  5. 7. the Vietnamese movement led by Ho Chi Minh against foreign occupation
  6. 8. a health insurance program that is jointly financed by federal and state governments and that covers low-income people as well as older Americans
  7. 9. young people who took part in a counterculture that rebelled against the social expectations of the older generation
  8. 10. a concrete wall that the communist East German government erected in 1961 to cut off West Berlin from the rest of East Germany
  9. 11. a federal health insurance program that pays for hospital and nursing home services for U.S. citizens 65 years or older
  10. 12. a government agency created by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 to send skilled volunteers to developing nations to support their local communities
  11. 13. communist insurgents in South Vietnam
  12. 15. belief that if Vietnam fell to the communists, the rest of Southeast Asia would fall like "a row of dominoes"
  13. 17. What U.S. President ended the vietnam war