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Pruitt Chp 10
Pruitt Chapter 10 A Changing Nation
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| civil rights | rights guaranteed to all United States citizens by the Constitution |
| segregation | separation of people of different races |
| Jackie Robinson | African American athlete that broke the color line in major league baseball |
| President Truman 1948 | ordered an end to segregation in the U.S. military |
| President Roosevelt 1941 | ordered an end to discrimination in all defense industries |
| Thurgood Marshall | lawyer for Brown vs. Board of Education and first African American Supreme Court Justice |
| Linda Brown | Linda's parents sued the Board of Education for the right to attend a school closer to her home that had been all white |
| Rosa Parks | used passive resistance while riding on a bus, she refused to give up her seat |
| Montgomery Bus Boycott | African Americans refused to ride the buses to support ending segregation on public buses |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. | minister, teacher and civil rights leader who used passive resistance |
| passive resistance | a form of protest that is not violent |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | protected the rights of all Americans to vote |
| Malcolm X | civil rights leader |
| space race | a race between the United States and the Soviet Union to explore outer space |
| John Glenn | the first American to orbit Earth |
| Sputnik | the first artificial satellite to circle Earth, launched by the Soviet Union |
| Neil Armstrong | astronaut on Apollo 11, first man on the moon |
| Buzz Aldrin | astronaut on Apollo 11 |
| Micheal Collins | astronaut on Apollo 11 |
| Richard Nixon | President of the United States during the space race; signed the arms control agreement; worked to improve relations between the U.S. and China and Soviet Union |
| North Vietnam | Communist lead by Ho Chi Minh |
| South Vietnam | Non-Communist battling against Ho Chi Minh |
| Vietnam Conflict | North Vietnam vs. South Vietnam battling over communism |
| guerrilla warfare | random, surprise attacks that come from any direction at any time, with people not wearing uniforms |
| General William Westmoreland | leader of American troops 1964-1968 in Vietnam |
| doves | Americans that opposed the war (thought Vietnam should fight their own war) |
| hawks | Americans believed the U.S. should help Vietnam to prevent the spread of communism |
| Maya Ying Lin | designed a memorial for Vietnam Veterans |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | first female Supreme Court Justice |
| National Organization for Women | organization that fought for equal opportunities for women (wanted women to have less traditional roles) |
| Cesar Chavez | Mexican American leader who fought for equal rights and protection for migrant workers |
| United Farm Workers of America | Chavez and Huerta used passive resistance to achieve equal rights for migrant workers |
| Americans with Disabilities Act | a law that makes it illegal for businesses to refuse to hire a qualified person because of a disability; requires buildings to be accessible to disabled, Braille in elevators, hearing impaired phones |
| Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | enforces civil rights laws that have to do with the workplace; ensures no one is denied employment based on gender or race |
| Rachel Carson | a biologist concerned about the environment, she wrote "Silent Spring" |
| Earth Day | designed to make people aware of the ways they can help the environment |
| Environmental Protection Agency | created to enforce environmental laws |
| arms control | a deal to limit the production of weapons |
| Gerald Ford | President of the U.S. after Nixon resigned |
| Jimmy Carter | President elected 1976; helped bring peace between Egypt and Isreal |
| Afghanistan | a nation in Asia bordering the Soviet Union |
| Ronald Reagan | President elected 1980; increased spending on weapons and strengthening the military |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | 1985: new leader in the Soviet Union; began allowing more political and economic freedom |
| George Bush | elected President of the U.S. 1989; worked with Gorbachev to ease the Cold War tension |
| Condeleezza Rice | African American woman who was one of Bush's advisors |
| Persian Gulf War | 1990: Iraq invaded Kuwait |
| Saddam Hussein | Iraqi dictator |
| General Colin Powell | highest ranking officer in the U.S. armed forces; planned tactics for Operation Desert Storm |
| Operation Desert Storm | 20-nation alliance against Iraq |
| Bill Clinton | President elected 1992; continued working with nations to settle conflicts |
| Madeleine Albright | U.S. Secretary of State, the first woman to hold this office (1997); helped Clinton make decisions |
| Internet | world wide network of computers |
| George W. Bush | President elected 2000; son of former President George Bush; won with the most electoral votes |
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