| A | B |
|---|
| HUAC (House of Un-American Activities) | Group that unfairly targeted suspected communists in America |
| The Cold War | a war of threats and fear |
| Containment | American policy to stop the spread of communism |
| Berlin Wall | built by Khrushchev to stop East German citizens from going to West Germany |
| Cesar Chavez | founded La Raza Unida to get better conditions for Mexican Americans |
| Betty Friedan | Helped found the National Organization for Women |
| Bay of Pigs incident | Failed attempt by Cuban troops,trained by the U.S., to take over Cuba |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | Supreme court case which made segregation legal |
| Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka | Supreme court case which said that segregation in education is unconstitutional |
| Korematsu v. United States | Supreme court case which said that people could be imprisoned if they are considered a threat to the nation |
| Miranda v. Arizona | Supreme court case which requires that people being arrested be informed of their rights |
| Domino Theory | the belief that, if one country falls to communism, other countries around it will too |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) | a military alliance of western democracies |
