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The race between the two countries to to see who will be first to get an artificial satellite into space, the United States and Soviets.
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JFK won and was the youngest president ever. It was one of the closest races ever.
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It violated the 4th amendment.
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The Bay of Pigs was full of exiles from Cuba, about 1,200, they were working for the United States. They were to attack Cuba at the bay of pigs, in order to try and cause an uprising in Cuba to overthrow Castro. It failed miserably when they were met by Castro’s army. They had 100 killed and the rest were captured, JFK admitted it was his wrong to attack Cuba.
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13 day political and military standoff between the Soviets and the United States. The U.S. found out about Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, therefore we put a naval blockade around Cuba, threatening to take over. We were on the brink of a nuclear war. The Soviets agreed to take out the missiles as long as the U.S. did not invade Cuba.
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it made it so courts had to provide anyone with an attorney
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The president than was Lyndon B. Johnson, who took over after JFK was assassinated. This was the day he was inaugarated.
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The way on poverty was when the president declared war on trying to get rid of poverty in America. The unemployment rate was at 19% and he was determined to lower that.
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The Great Society was created by Lyndon B. Johnson, it was created to eliminate poverty and racial injustices.
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it created the Miranda Rights
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Last day as president.
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First spaceflight to land humans on the moon, Neil Armstrong, it was the U.S. on Apollo 11.
