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SS unit 10 b
| 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- | Health insurance program for elderly people financed through the Social Security System. |
| 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- | continuing rivalry between the Soviets and the U.S. about space exploration. |
| Escalate- | to gradually increase |
| Search-and-destroy mission- | to seek out Vietcong or 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 administrations statements about the war. |
| Vietnamization- | plan for South Vietnamese to take more of a role in fighting and for Americans to become less involved. |
| Martial law- | emergency military rule |
| MIA- | soldiers who were missing in action |