| A | B |
|---|
| Vietnam | site of guerilla warfare in the 1960s … over 500,000 troops served there |
| VISTA | domestic program to help Americans under the Kennedy Administration |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | end anything which hindered people of all races from voting .. i.e. The Poll Tax |
| War on Poverty | domestic program of President Lyndon Johnson |
| War Powers Act | the President must seek Congressional approval if troops are in a war zone for more than 60 days |
| Warren Commission | a group stated Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin of President Kennedy |
| Warsaw Pact | communist military alliance .. Part of the Cold War |
| Watergate | Political scandal in the early 1970s which cost President Nixon his job |
| Weapons of Mass Destruction | Nuclear and chemical weapons .. A phrase coined by President Bush (II) |
| white collar | management … people who run factories .. But don’t get their hands dirty |
| Yalta | peace conference in February 1945 .. Laid the groundwork for what would happen to Germany when it was defeated |
| capitalism | making $$$ …. Being able to own your own business … be your own boss … make a profit … get rich … (it exists today in the US, Great Britain, Canada, Japan, … etc.) |
| command economy | the government controls & owns everything - tells the people what will be produced |
| communism | it was to be totally equality for all - it wound up being totalitarian |
| consumer goods | radios, CDs, cars, clothing, washing machines … things used by people |
| democracy | people elect others to rule/govern for them … the rulers in turn must protect the natural rights of the voters (citizens) |
| Eastern Europe | made up of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia & Bulgaria … mostly communist nations in the second half of the 20th century |
| Iron Curtain | a defensive barrier which kept people in communist eastern Europe from escaping to the West |
| Josef Stalin | brutal leader of the Soviet Union during the 1930s & 1940s |
| KGB | Soviet Secret Police |
