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Global Connections

Human rights are rights that are part of all human beings without any kind of discrimination.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is an international document that states basic rights & freedoms to which all human beings are entitled. Motivated by the experiences of the preceding world wars, the Universal Declaration was the first time that countries agreed on a comprehensive statement of human rights. (December 10, 1948)

The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s was a social movement whose goals were to end racial segregation & discrimination against black Americans and to secure legal recognition and protection of the citizenship rights listed in the Constitution.

Fair Housing Act 1968 This act provided for equal housing opportunities regardless of race, religion, gender, or national origin.

Holocaust The systematic extermination of European Jews by Nazi Germany during World War II.

The Cold War Name a given to the struggle between the United States and Russia (USSR) following World War II. This rivalry resulted in mutual suspicions, heightened tensions and a series of international incidents that brought the world’s superpowers to the brink of disaster.

Cuban Missile Crisis Leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores.

The Red Scare The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) brought the Cold War home. The committee began a series of hearings designed to show that communist subversion in the United States was alive and well.

Globalization Process by which the people of the world have become integrated through a global network of communication, transportation, and trade.