Freedom Summer - Name given to the voting campaign in the summer of 1964 that helped African Americans register to vote., Freedom Riders - They rode in interstate buses into the segregated southern United States., Suffrage - The right to vote, Jim Crow Laws - State level legal codes of segregation such as literacy requirements and poll taxes., Segregation - The action or state of setting someone or something apart from others., United Nations - Organization formed after WWII to vote to intervene and defend South Korea., Arms Race - A competition to have the most powerful weapons., Demilitarized Zone - An Area formed after the armistice where no people or weapons were allowed., Domino Theory - When one country falls into communism another will, and then another., Quarantine - Isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease. , Napalm - gasoline based chemical bomb that set fire to the jungle., Sputnik - The first satellite launched into space. , Brinkmanship - Willingness to go to the edge of war., NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Iron Curtain - The name given to the place that divided West Europe and East Europe., Speakeasy - A saloon or bar selling alcohol illegally., Flapper - A young women in the 20's, bobbed hair, short skirts, and stockings. , Charlie Chaplin - A man very famous for his silent mime films., KKK - A secret society of white southerners in the United States., 18th Amendment - Prohibited the manufacturing, selling, and consumption of alcohol., Stock Market - A system for buying and selling stocks in corporations. , New Deal - Program designed to alleviate the problems of the Great Depression., Migrant Worker - A person who moves from place to place to find work. , Drought - A long period without rain., Black Tuesday - The day the price took a steep dive and almost 16 million stocks were sold! , Civil Defense - Protective measures in case of atack., Berlin Airlift - Truman's response to Stalin cutting off West Berlin. , Adolf Hitler - Leader of Nazi Party, Concentration Camps - Places where political prisoners are held., Genocide - Killing an entire group of people at once.,

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