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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| capital | money or property that companies or people use to increase their wealth. |
| civil rights movement | the struggle for minorties to gain the same benefits and opportunities as non-minorities. |
| agribusiness | the business of producing, processing, and distrbuting farm products on a large scale. |
| Walter Cunningham | sucessfully orbited the moon 163 times in the first Apollo Mission. |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | passed by the US Congress,these laws made it illegal to discriminate against people based on race. |
| suburb | a small town built just outside a city. |
| National Aeronautics and Space and Administration | a National program designed to encourage and develop the exploration of Space, or NASA. |
| NAACP | National Association for the Advancement of colored people. |
| James L. Farmer, Jr. | organized the Congress of Racial Equality. |
| Manned Spacecraft Center | the center based on the space program located in Houston. |
| Congress of Racial Equality | founded by Texan James L. Farmer, Jr. |
| Hector P. Garcia | an Hispanic WWII veteran who fought to end segregationfor Hispanics in businesses and schools. |
| Micheal Debakey | created the roller pump, to unblock blocked arteries. |
| LBJ | US president who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. |
| Lulac | Leauge of United Latin American Citizens. |
| baby boom | a sudden increase of births during WWII. |
| segregation | the seperation of people based on their race. |