Final Review (Terms 1-20) Flashcards
The idea that countries will protect each other if attacked.
Alliance System
The policy of giving into aggression to avoid war.
Appeasement
System of production where parts of a product are put together on a moving belt.
Assembly Line
When British and U.S. forces sent Cargo planes of supplies to the people of Berlin.
Berlin Airlift
Refusal to buy goods
Boycott
Court case that desegregated schools; black and white students could go to school together
Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka
To protest in a non-violent way
Civil Disobedience
Rights guaranteed under the consitiution
Civil Rights
“War” between U.S. and Russia over the spread of communism and nuclear weapons. No fighting was done.
Cold War
Type of government where the government controls everything
Communism
Some who buys a service or product
Consumer
A business owned by many investors
Corporation
Soviets built a nuclear missiles bases in Cuba that could potentially be launched at the USA
Cuban Missile Crisis
When more money is spent than earned
Deficit
When the Great Plains were gripped by drought, high winds and dust storms
Dust Bowl
