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a person who was in the armed forces and returned to civilian life
Veteran
Civil rights
The rights that countries guarantee their citizens
An agreement to stop all fighting
Cease Fire
Became the first American to go to Outer Space
John Glenn
34th President of the U.S. WWII General who became President in the 1950’s
Dwight Eisenhower
To remove from power
Overthrow
a person who is not in the armed forces
Civilian
Government programs that help people who are in need
Welfare
Medicine to protect people from disease
Vaccine
The first American and first human to step on the Moon
Neil Armstrong
Leader of the Civil Rights movement who gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech on the Washington Mall
Martin Luther King Jr.
is a group of people who were born and living at about the same time
generation
Protest social injustices by not using violence as a means of achieving change
Nonviolent Protest
The intentional refusal to buy, sell or use of a certain good
Boycott
The ending of separation of people based on race or ethic group
Desegregation
The increase in number of babies born after WWII
Baby Boom
Vice President who became President when John F. Kennedy was assassinated
Lyndon B Johnson
Overthrow
To remove from power
Competition between the U.S. and USSR to put more people in space and to the Moon
Space Race
Baby Boom
The increase number of babies born after World War II
John Glenn
First American and first human to step foot on the Moon
economic success
Prosperity
Rights that countries guarantee their citizens
Civil Rights
Prosperity
Economic success
When a group of citizens want to express their opinion
Demonstration