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| An independent nation under the control of a more powerful nation |
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| Worldwide rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union |
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| Term used to describe the border between teh Soviet Barrier States and Western European nations. |
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| President Truman's promise to help nations struggling against Communist movements. |
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| policy of keeping Communism contained within its borders. |
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| Foreign Policy that offered economic aid to Western European countries after WW2. |
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| US and British pilots flew supplies to West Berlin during a Soviet Blockade. |
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| North Atlantic Treaty Organization; military alliance made to counter Soviet expansion. |
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| military alliance of the Soviet Union and its satellite states. |
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| Dividing line between North and South Korea. |
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| War fought only to achieve specific goals. |
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| Southeast Asia Treaty Organization; defensive alliance aimed at preventing communist aggression in Asia. |
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| Fear that communists were working to destroy the American way of life. |
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| Accused of being a communist spy. |
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| Also accused of being communists. |
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| Senator who accused so many people of being communist that he was censured. |
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| negative catchword for extreme, reckless charges of disloyalty. |
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| Eased the return of World War II veterans by providing education and employment aid. |
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| 1956 law that authorized the spending of $32 billion to build 41,000 miles of highway. |
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| Name given to the region of states in the South and the Southwest. |
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| The original suburb put in place to give returning veterans a more affordable way to live. |
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| Group of writers and artists who were critical of American society. |
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| Segregation imposed by law. |
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| Segregation by unwritten custom or tradition. |
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| American government organization that sends volunteers to provide technical, educational, and medical services in developing countries. |
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| 1961 failed invasion of Cuba by a force of CIA-led force of Cuban exiles. |
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| Conflict between the Soviet Union and the US over the Soviet installation of missiles in Cuba. |
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| Led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. |
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| Kennedy's plan aimed at improving the economy, fighting racial discrimination, and exploring space. |
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| Committee that investigated the assassination of President Kennedy. |
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| President Johnson's goals in the areas of health care, education, the environment, discrimination, and poverty. |
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| Federal program created in 1965 to provide basic hospital insurance to most Americans over the age of 65. |
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| federal program created in 1965 to provide low-cost health insurance to poor Americans of any age. |
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| Idea that if a nation falls to communism, its closest neighbors will also fall under communist control. |
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| South Vietnamese communist rebels that waged a guerrilla war against the government of South Vietnam throughout the Vietnam War. |
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| Movement that upheld values different from those of mainstream culture. |
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| Flexible diplomacy adopted by Richard Nixon to ease tensions between the United States, the Soviet Union, and the People's Republic of China. |
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| Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I) |
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| 1972 treaty between the US and the Soviet Union that froze the deployment of intercontinental ballistic missiles and placed limits on antiballistic missiles. |
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| A foreign policy promoted by Henry Kissinger during the Nixon administration based on concrete national interests instead of abstract ideologies. |
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| National Organization for Women; organization established by Betty Friedan to combat discrimination against women. |
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| Equal Rights Amendment; proposed amendment to the Constitution to guarantee gender equality. |
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| Annual event of enviromental activism and protest. Basically the day of the hippies, which should be erased from the calendars. Just like how the hippies should be annhiliated. |
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| Ebvuronemntal Protection Agency; government agency commited to cleaning up and protectiong the environment |
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| Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries; group of nations that sell oil to other nations and regulate the prices of oil. |
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| Political scandal involcing illegal activities that ultimately led to the resignation of Richard Nixon |
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| 1978 agreement brokered by President Carter between Egyptian and Israeli leaders that made a peace treaty between the two nations. |
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| A person who tends to support government intervention to help the needy and favor laws protecting the rights of women and minorities. This definition by the book is dead lie. Liberals are the leeches of society, saying 'gimme gimme' but do nothing for society. |
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| Person who tends to support limited government involvement in the economy, community help for the needy, and traditional values. Basically the people who know anything about economy. For that matter, these people are the ones that are educated about government and are self-sufficient enough not to be a burden on society. |
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| Strategic Defense Initiative. |
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| Nicknamed 'Star Wars", President Reagan's plan to develop innovative defenses to guard the US against nuclear missile attacks. |
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| 1991 American led attack on Iraqui forces after Iraq refused to withdraw its troops form kuait. |
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| North American Free Trade Agreement |
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| Amgreement signed in 1993 calling for the removal of trade restritions between CAnada, Mexico, and the US |
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WHAT WE SHOULD DO TO THE HIPPIES.
Systematic effort to purge an area or society from a certain ethnic group by murder of deportation |
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Weapon of Mass Destrucion.
The fun stuff to use in war. |
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| Brown V Boeard of Education |
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| Supreme Court ruled that Segregation is unconstitutional. |
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| Ruled that Miranda's conviction was ruled out because he was not informed of his rights when arrested. |
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| Womens right to legal abortions. |
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| DC gets 3 electoral votes. |
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| Restraint on Congressional Salaries. |
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