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Stack #4674541
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| illegal manipulation of ballots to help win an election | voter fraud |
| competition between the US and Soviet Union to be the first to travel outside Earth's atmosphere | space race |
| nuclear weapon that is propelled by a rocket and guided using a GPS | ballistic missiles |
| blockade imposed on the parts of another country | naval quarantine |
| political showdown in 1962 between the US and Soviet Union, caused by a presence of nuclear weapons in Cuba | Cuban Missile Crisis |
| strategy in which a small group of legislators take turns speaking and refuse to stop the debate or allow a bill to come to a vote | filibuster |
| relating to both parties in a two party system | bipartisan |
| deprive someone of a legal right or privilege | disenfranchise |
| important and historic law | landmark legislation |
| outlawed literacy test and other discriminatory tactics used by segregationists to deny African Americans and other minorities to vote | Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
| segregation forced by law | de jure segregtion |
| segregation that is present in society despite no laws enforcing it | de facto segregation |
| violent clashes between residents and police | Watts Riot |
| black activist who believed seperating themselves culturally from white to gain justice | black seperatists |
| transporting students to outside schools for equal opportunities | busing |
| marriage between people of different races | miscegenation |
| government policy that institutes racial quotas to favor groups that suffer from discrimination | affirmative action |