8 SOCIAL 1952-1964
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- Cuban missile crisis 1962
- major Cold War confrontation in 1962 (p. 823)
- perjury
- to lie under oath (p. 820)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NASA government agency that directs the American space program (p. 825)
- Bay of Pigs invasion 1961
- failed invasion of Cuba in 1961 when a force of 1,200 Cuban exiles, backed by the United States, landed at the Bay of Pigs (p. 823)
- demilitarized zone (Korean War)
- DMZ-area from which military forces are prohibited (p. 818)
- Alliance for Progress
- economic aid program for Latin America developed by President Kennedy (p. 824)
- John F. Kennedy
- 35th president 1961-1963
- exile
- person who has been forced to leave his or her own country (p. 823)
- Organization of American States
- (OAS) international organization that promotes peace and economic progress in the Americas (p. 824)
- Douglas MccArthur
- General during the Korean War
- Joseph McCarthy
- Senator who led the "red scare" accusing citizens of communist activities from 1950-1954
- superpower
- nation with the military, political, and economic strength to influence events worldwide (p. 823)
- censure
- to officially condemn (p. 820)
- 38th parallel (Korean War)
- dividing line between South Korea and North Korea (p. 816)
- Fidel Castro
- communist leader of Cuba 1959-present
- Peace Corps 1963-now
- government organization that sends American volunteers to developing countries to teach or give technical advice (p. 824)
- Dwight D. Eisenhour
- 34th president; 1953-1961
- Sputnik
- Soviet manmade satellite ; 1957; beginning of the space race