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Objective 11.06 Identify political events and the actions and reactions of the government officials and citizens, and assess the social and political consequences.

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1 Objective 11.06 Identify political events and the actions and reactions of the government officials and citizens, and assess the social and political consequences

2 HUD Department of Housing and Urban Development/ assistance for low- income housing

3 Head Start 1965/ Development program for children from birth to 5

4 VISTA Volunteers in service to America, developed to help low- income communities

5 Medicare Supplemental Health Insurance for people 65 and older

6 Peace Corps Volunteer organization started by President Kennedy to help third world countries.

7 National Endowment for the Humanities Independent Grant making agency dedicated to research and education in the humanities

8 New York Times v US 1971 President Nixon argued that the release of the Pentagon Papers threatened National Security

9 US v Nixon 1974 President Nixon must release recorded conversations in the White House to Watergate investigators

10 Sam Ervin/Senate Watergate Committee North Carolina Senator/ Head of the Senate committee that investigated the Watergate break-in

11 John Dean Former counsel to President Nixon/ spent 4 months in jail for his role in the Watergate break-in

12 Bob Woodward/Carl Bernstein Washington Post Writers/ Broke the story of the break-in at the Watergate hotel

13 Democratic National Convention 1968 Anti-war protest turns violent/ Chicago police called in to restore order/ Hubert Humphrey selected by the democrats to run against Richard Nixon in 1968

14 25 th Amendment Amendment to the Constitution concerning Presidential Succession

15 Students for a Democratic Society Radical student led political organization for free speech on American Campuses/ supported liberal causes/ anti-war


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