What Does It Stand For?

ICBM

intercontinental ballistic missile

AFL

American Federation of Labor

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CIA

Central Intelligence Agency

CENTO

Central Treaty Organization

CCC

Civilian Conservation Corps

CORE

Congress of Racial Equality

DNC

Democratic National Committee

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

FBI

Federal Bureau of Investigation

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

IRS

Internal Revenue Service

KKK

Ku Klux Klan

MAD

Mutually Assured Destruction

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NAACP

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

NOW

National Organization for Women

NAZI

National Socialist German Workers Party

NWSA

National Woman's Suffrage Association

NORAD

North American Aerospace Defense Command

NAFTA

North American Free Trade Agreement

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

OSHA

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OAS

Organization of American States

OPEC

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

RNC

Republican National Committee

SEC

Securities and Exchange Commission

SEATO

South East Asia Treaty Organization

SCLC

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

SALT

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

START

Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty

SDI

Strategic Defense Initiative

SNCC

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

SDS

Students for a Democratic Society

TVA

Tennessee Valley Authority

WCTU

Women's Christian Temperance Union

WPA

Works Progress Administration