Unit 7 Vocabulary Crossword

a nation that is dominated politically by another
preventing the expansion of a hostile country or influence
a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare
the art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, typically in politics
Chinese Communist revolutionary and the founding father of the People's Republic of China
premier of the Soviet Union in the late 1950s and early 1960s, led a campaign, called de-Stalinization, to remove the influence of the late premier Joseph Stalin from Soviet society
United States U-2 spy plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace
1950 American 16mm short documentary film
strengthened laws against espionage, allowed investigation and deportation of immigrants who were suspected of subversive activities or of promoting communism or fascism, and allowed the limitation of
each of a series of Soviet artificial satellites, the first of which (launched on October 4, 1957) was the first satellite to be placed in orbit
agency of the United States Federal Government responsible for the civilian space program as well as aeronautics and aerospace research
signed into law on September 2, 1958, providing funding to United States education institutions at all levels
an American astronaut and the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also an aerospace engineer, naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor
any of the Southern Democrats who seceded from the party in 1948 in opposition to its policy of extending civil rights.
an ambitious set of proposals put forward by U.S. President Harry S. Truman to Congress in his January 1949 State of the Union address
the use of largely automatic equipment in a system of manufacturing or other production process.
a temporary marked increase in the birth rate, especially the one following World War II
The law authorized the construction of a 41,000-mile network of interstate highways that would span the nation
the redevelopment of areas within a large city, typically involving the clearance of slums
a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.
a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957
the first civil rights legislation passed by Congress in the United States since the 1866 and 1875 Acts
Cuban politician and revolutionary who governed the Republic of Cuba as its Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then its President from 1976 to 2008
A slogan used by President John F. Kennedy to describe his goals and policies
a domestic program in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson that instituted federally sponsored social welfare programs.
the practice of achieving goals such as social change through symbolic protests, civil disobedience, economic or political noncooperation, satyagraha, or other methods, without using violence