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Unit 11 Vocab
An Anxious Nation
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| arms race | trying to keep from being attacked by having more weapons |
| communism | a government system where the government has all political, economic, and social decision making power |
| satellite | any object that has been placed into space orbit by humans |
| civil rights | the basic rights given to citizens |
| terrorism | using fear and violence as a way to demand changes |
| Cold War | the relationship that developed between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in the period of time following WWII. |
| suburb | a smaller community outside of a city |
| truce | an agreement to end fighting |
| minority | a relatively small group of people, especially one commonly discriminated against in a community, society or nation, differing from others in race, religion, language or political persuasion. |
| slogan | saying or motto |
| assassinate | to murder in a surprise attack for political or religious reasons |
| segregate | to set apart from the rest; to isolate based on racial, gender or religious lines |
| sit-in | an organized protest demonstration in which participants seat themselves in an appropriate place and refuse to move |
| integrate | to join together |
| Civil RIghts Movement | a movement in the US beginning after WWII and led primarily by African Americans in an effort to establish the civil rights of individual citizens |
| boycott | to refuse to use/buy |
| demonstration | a public display of group opinion, such as a rally or march |
| Korean War | The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea. |
| space race | the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union involving space exploration. |
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