Match each word with its correct definition.
domino theory
move troops into military action
deploy
belief if one county is Communist, its
neighbors become Communist
space race
race to explore outer space
arms race
competition between the US and
USSR over nuclear weapons

How did the life of sharecroppers affect their children? children went to school because the farms were small, with little work, children had to work on the farm, so they rarely went to school children learned skilled professions as they worked around the farm. children left home when they became adults because the land wasn't theirs.