APUSH Chapter 38 vocab – Flashcards

anti-Communist countries collectively

the spread of nuclear weapons to new nations

the act of expelling a person from their native land

Term used by Khrushchev in 1963 to describe a situation in which the United States and Soviet Union would continue to compete economically and politically without launching a thermonuclear war.

the easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations)

the act of occupying seats or sitting down on the floor of an establishment as a form of organized protest

a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence

A test administered as a precondition for voting, often used to prevent African Americans from exercising their right to vote.

a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions

A movement to create separate institutions for people of African descent in societies dominated by whites; separatists generally believe equality is not possible in a white-dominated society

an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations

someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations

showing a fighting disposition without self-seeking

characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards

the alleged tendency of candidates to win more votes in an election because of the presence at the top of the ticket of a better-known candidate, such as the president