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Support for Freedom
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| McCarthyism | an attempt to gain power by attacking the patriotism of others |
| National Guard | state's military force |
| automation | the use of machines to do work |
| artificial satellite | an object made by humans that travels in outer space and sends signals back to Earth |
| suborbital | not out of Earth's atmosphere |
| atmosphere | the layer of gases covering Earth |
| Project Gemini | code name for US program to launch astronauts into space for long flights |
| 22nd Ammendment | a president could not be elected for more than 2 terms |
| ineligible | not able to do something because it is against the rules |
| refugee | a person who flees his or her country to seek protection |
| Bay of Pigs | April, 1961 American-supported Cubans invaded Cuba at Bay of Pigs, most were killed or captured after 3 days, failure for Kennedy |
| Berlin Wall | a wall built between Communist East Berlin and democratic West Berlin |
| missile | a self-driven bomb or rocket |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | most serious events of the Cold War, almost a war between US and Soviet Union, Soviet Union supplying Cuba with missiles, US told to stop any ships, Soviet Union backed down |
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