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Unit 8 Vocab FALL 17
Unit 8 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Stalemate | A pause; neither side making progress |
| Containment | Theory of trying to stop the spread of Communism |
| Iron Curtain | Imaginary division between communism and democracy |
| Satellite Nations | Countries dominated by the Soviet Union |
| Brinkmanship | Practice of threatening an enemy with massive aggression |
| Dixiecrats | Southern Democrats who protested Civil Rights |
| Beatniks | Non-conformists who did not believe in consumerism |
| Consumerism | Buying of material goods |
| Modern Republicanism | Eisenhower's style of government; conservative with money and liberal with human beings. |
| McCarthyism | Accusing people of disloyalty without providing evidence during the Red Scare |