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vocabulary unit 10b
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Segregate | separate by race |
| Integrate | bring races together |
| Civil Disobedience | peaceful, non-violent protest |
| NAACP | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
| Poverty Line | the minimum income needed to live |
| Medicaid | provides health and medical assistance to low-income families |
| Medicare | Search-and-destroy missions |
| Sit-ins | the act of protesting by sitting down and not moving |
| Feminist | activist for women’s rights |
| Latino | Hispanic population |
| NOW | National Organization for Women, to fight for equal rights for women |
| Executive Order | presidential directive |
| Flexible response | to provide necessary help to nations fighting communism |
| Space Race | v continuing rivalry between the Soviets and the U.S. about space exploration |
| Escalate | gradually increase |
| Search-and-destroy missions | to seek out Vietcong in Vietnamese units and destroy them |
| Napalm: | an explosive that burned very intensely used to destroy jungle growth |
| Agent Orange: | |
| Viet Cong | National Liberation Front (NLF) communist |
| Counterculture | A movement that rejected traditional American values |
| Credibility Gap | when few people believed the Johnson administration's reports about the war. |
| Vietnamization | plan for South Vietnam to take more of a role in fighting so Americans could become less involved. |
| Martial law | : emergency military rule. |
| MIA | soldiers who were missing in action. |