| A | B |
|---|
| Communism | Government owns and runs most businesses; decides peoples work |
| Capitalism | Individuals own most businesses |
| Iron Curtain | Line between Communist European countries and Capitalist European countries |
| Cold War | war of words between the US and the Soviet Union (Russia) |
| Arms Race | the race between the Soviet Union and the US to build mightier weapons |
| North Korrea | a Communist country |
| South Korrea | a Non-communist country |
| Korrean War | war between Communist NK and Non-communist SK |
| suburb | areas outside of cities just for homes |
| Baby Boom of the 1950s | the years in which a baby was born almost every 7 seconds (imagine all the diapers!) |
| Civil Rights | equal treatment of all people |
| Segregation | the separation of different races of people |
| Rosa Parks | boarded a bus in Montgomery, Alabama and refused to give her seat up to a white person. |
| Brown vs. Board of Education Case | Supreme Court made segregation illegal in schools. |
| Martin Luther King Jr. | A Civil Rights leader who believed in non-violent protests. |
| Freedom Riders | young Blacks and Whites who rode busses to the south, protesting segregation. |
| "I Have a Dream" | Martin Luther King's famous speech. |
| Civil Rights Act, 1964 | made segregation illegal in all 50 states. |
| 1968 | Martin Luther King's assasination |
| Peace Corps | group of volunteers who help people in developing nations PEACEFULLY. |
| Developing Nations | a poor country that is still developing |
| 1963 | JFK, or President Kennedy, was assasinated |
| 1960s | JFK, Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King were assasinated. |
| Vietnam War | the war between Communist North Vietnam and Non-communist South Vietnam |
| South Vietnam | US helped this place and lost very, very badly. |
| Migrant Worker | Mexican American farm workers who moved from place to place looking for farm work |
| Discrimination | treating people of different races differently |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a group of countries who worked to keep Europe at peace |
| NOW | National Organization for Women, a group of women working for women's rights |
| 9/11 2001 | terrorists attack |
| AIM | American Indian Movement, better things for American Indians |
| UFW | United Farm Workers |
| ADA | Americans with Disabilities Act |
| Berlin Wall | wall between Communist and Non-communist parts of Berlin |
| Richard Nixon | Ended Vietnam War |
