| A | B |
|---|
| Containment | Effort to block Soviet influence by making alliances and supporting weaker nations |
| Iron Curtain | The division of Europe between free and communist countries |
| Cold War | State of hostility between the Soviet Union and The United States But without military action |
| Truman Doctrine | U.S. policy of sending aid to any nation trying to prevent a Communist takeover |
| N.A.T.O. | Defensive military alliance of the United States |
| Korean War | War begun when North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950 |
| Blacklist | List of people in the Hollywood film industry who were refused jobs because of McCarythism |
| McCarythism | Term used to refer to tactic of accusing people of disloyalty without producing evidence |
| Warsaw Pact | Military alliance of the Soviet Union and its satellite nations |
| Eisenhowe Doctrine | Policy of the United States that it would defend the Middle East against attack by any Communist country |
| G.I. Bill | Law that provided financial and educational benefits for World War II veterans |
| Suburbs | Residential town or community near a city |
| Dixiecrats | Southern Democrat who left the party |
| Fair Deal | President Truman’s economic and social program |
| Baby Boom | Soaring birthrate from 1946 to 1964 |
| Consumerism | Excessive concern with buying material goods |
| Planned Obsolenscence | Purposely making products to become outdated or wear out quickly |
| F.C.C. | Government agency that regulates the communications industry |
| Beat Movement | Writers who made fun of the conformity and materialism of the mainstream American society |
| Urban Renewel | Plan to tear down decaying neighborhoods and build low-cost housing |
| John F. Kennedy | 35th president |
| Lt. Test Ban Treaty | Treaty that barred nuclear testing in the atmosphere |
| New Frontier | The name given to Kennedy’s domestic program |
| Peace Corps | A program that enlisted volunteers to help in poor communities |
| Alliance for Progress | A program that supplied aid to Latin America |
| Warren Commission | The body that investigated the assassination of President Kennedy |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | 36th President |
| Great Society | Name given to Johnson’s domestic agenda |
| Medicare & Medicaid | Health benefits for the elderly and poor |
| Warren Court | The Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren |
| Brown vs. B.O.E. | Supreme Court case in which segregated schools were ruled unconstitutional |
| Rosa Parks | Woman who helped start Montgomery bus boycott |
| Martin Luther King Jr | Main Leader of the civil rights movement |
| Freedom Riders | Civil rights activist who tried to end segregation on national buses |
| Freedom Summer | Name of project to win voting rights for southern blacks |
| Civil Rights Act 1964 | Outlawed racial discrimination |
| De facto segregation | segregation by custom or practice |
| De jure segregation | segregation by law |
| Malcolm X | African American civil rights leader |
| Black Pathers | African American founded to comba |
