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JFK beat Nixton
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“ask not what your country can do you—ask what you can do for your country.”
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disseminate good will and practical knowledge by enlisting volunteers, most under age 30, to two-year terms of service.
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JFK pledges to land a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
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John F. Kennedy orders U.S. Marshals to provide protection for “Freedom Riders” attempting to integrate interstate bus travel.
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Min Wage raised.
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US Steel announces that it is raising prices just weeks after JFK convinced the steel workers union to temper its wage demands
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plan for economic recovery that focas on large tax cuts
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President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson is sworn in as president the same day.
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war on poverty and outlines an ambitious domestic agenda aimed at reducing unemployment, increasing support for education and job training, and expanding public services for the poor.
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Johnson signs the Tax Reduction Act
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Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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elected president of the United States. He defeats Republican Barry Goldwater by the largest margin in American history
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Medicare, a national health insurance program for the elderly.
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Nixton became president
