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Unit 11 Vocab
An Anxious Nation
Term | Definition |
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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. |