Chapter 15 Vocab Flashcards
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after World War II, the long period of intense rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States
Cold War
a term coined by Winston Churchill to describe the border between the Soviet satellite nations and Western Europe
Iron Curtain
an American plan to help European nations rebuild their economies after World War II
Marshall Plan
(NATO) a political and military alliance between the United States, Canada, and European nations created in 1949
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
a military alliance, established in 1955, of the Soviet Union and other communist states in Europe
Warsaw Pact
a world organization established in 1945 to provide peaceful resolutions to international conflicts
United Nations
the dividing line between South and North Korea
38th Parallel
an area in which military forces are prohibited
Demilitarized Zone
the use of reckless charges of disloyalty
Mccarthyism
the efforts of African Americans to win equal rights, particularly in the 1950s and 1960s
Civil Rights Movement
a form of protest in which people sit and refuse to leave
Sit-In
a program to provide more job and education opportunities for people who faced discrimination in the past
Affirmative Action
a person who moves from one region to another in search of work
Migrant Worker
1963 law requiring equal pay for equal work
Equal Pay Act
1964 law outlawing discrimination in hiring based on gender and on race
Civil Rights Act
a nation with the military, political, and economic strength to influence events worldwide
Super power
a treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union to limit the number of nuclear warheads and missiles
SALT Agreement
a political scandal involving illegal activities that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974
Watergate
the wall built by the communist East German government in 1961 to seal off East Berlin from West Berlin
Berlin Wall
a rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money
Inflation
a large increase in birthrate from the late 1940s through the early 1960s
Baby Boom
a residential area on the outskirts of a city
Suburb
the legal separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences
Segregation
the mixing of different racial or ethnic groups
Intergration
