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| astronaut: | a U.S. space traveller (see also cosmonaut). |
| Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961): | a failed attempt by CIA-trained, anti-communist Cuban exiles to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro. |
| Black Power movement: | an effort by militant blacks to end racial discrimination through confrontational political action. |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964: | an act which banned discrimination in voting requirements and by employers and businesses engaged in interstate commerce. |
| Common Market: | a group of European nations, formed after World War II, who have encouraged their own economic development by lowering tariffs and other trade restrictions. |
| cosmonaut: | a Soviet space traveler (see also astronaut). |
| Cuban Missile Crisis (1962): | a time of confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union when the U.S. threatened to use force to remove Soviet guided missiles from Cuba. The Soviets finally agreed to remove the missiles. |
| detente: | relaxation of tensions. |
| domino theory: | the belief that if one country in a region, such as Southeast Asia, fell to communists, neighboring countries would also fall. |
| "dove": | one who opposes military action. |
| Geneva Accords (1954): | an agreement ending the war between the French and rebelling natives of French Indochina. Among other provisions, it called for French withdrawal from Indochina and for the temporary division of Vietnam into northern and southern zones. |
| Great Society: | name for President Lyndon Johnson's program of domestic reforms. |
| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964): | Congressional authorization for the use of U.S. military forces to protect American lives and interests in Vietnam. |
| Head Start: | a program which offers disadvantaged children a special pre-kindergarten, educational experience to help prepare them for their regular schooling. |
| Job Corps: | a federal program which gave job training to unemployed youths. |
| legislative district: | an area, such as a congressional district or a state legislative district, whose eligible voters elect the legislator who represents that district. |
| Medicaid: | public system for providing medical care for the poor. |
| Medicare: | public system for providing medical care for the elderly. |
| New Frontier: | name for President Kennedy's program. |
| nuclear proliferation: | the spreading (proliferating) of nuclear technology or weapons to an increasing number of nations. |
| Peace Corps: | government sponsored volunteers who work with and help people in impoverished countries. |
| "one person, one vote": | phrase that represents the requirement that legislative districts electing a certain class of legislators should have equal populations so that each citizen's vote will have equal importance. |
| Vietnamization: | President Nixon's policy of gradually replacing U.S. combat troops in Vietnam with South-Vietnamese soldiers. |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965: | a law that banned literacy tests as a requirement for voting eligibility and allowed federal officers to register voters in those areas where fewer than half of the voters were registered. |
| War on Poverty: | name of President Johnson's program to cut back poverty in the U.S. |
| "Miranda v. Arizona" (1966): | a case in which the Supreme Court ruled that persons accused of crimes had to be informed of their constitutional rights at the time of their arrest. |
| "Gideon v. Wainwright" (1963): | a case in which the Supreme Court held that defendants who could not afford to hire an attorney must be provided a defense attorney at government expense. |
