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Dwight D. Eisenhower
The 34th president of the United States of America. Also was a army general. (Presidential term 1953-1961) -
Ray Kroc
Ray Kroc was a very successful business man. His success mainly in the fast food industry. Ex. McDonalds -
Jonas Salk
Jonas Salk was a American medical researcher. He discovered and developed one of the many first successful polio vaccines. -
Rock N' Roll
popular dance music with a hard heavy beat and simple melodies. Instruments mostly used are Drums, Bass, and guitar. -
House Un-American Activities committee
Created to investigate disloyal actives or any thing that seemed suspicious involving any thing to do with communist. It put fear into people because people thought that communist were in their country. -
Betty Friedan
Betty Friedan was an American writer, activist, and feminist. she played a big part in the womens movement in the USA. She wrote the book "The Feminine Mystique" -
G.I Bill (Servicemen's Readjustment Act 1944)
This bill was for all the men and women who served in the armed forces and came home with PTSD or just had nothing. They were promised a place to live, food, education, money...... -
Baby Boom Generation
When many soldier got home they are very happy to see there wives and girlfriends which lead to the baby boom. many children were born. -
Truman Doctrine
"American foreign policy created to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War." Truman helped aid Greece and Turkey when they were being threatened by communist. -
Containment Policy
A United States policy using many strategies to stop the spread of communists -
Cold War
Was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc and powers in the Western Bloc. There was no fighting going on in this war. -
Marshall Plan
An American program that's initiative was to help aid Western Europe. Countries included were Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, West Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey. -
Berlin Airlift
A Military operation where they bought food and other needed supplies to west Berlin by airlift, because the government of east Germany blocked all routes to Berlin. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
"NATO was an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949" -
1950's Prosperity
movement against communist was raging. The military had the strongest power in this time frame. Fruits of prosperity, new cars, suburban houses and other consumer goods were available to many more people. -
McCarthyism
The study of making assumptions of subversion and treason without any proper evidence. -
Beatniks
"A young person in the 1950s and early 1960s belonging to a subculture associated with the beat generation." A young person who was up to date in the generation of the 1950's. -
Domino Theory
A theory where one political event may cause a similar event in a country next to it. -
Levittown
"The name of seven large suburban developments created in the United States of America by William Levitt and his company Levitt & Sons." This man created these lands with the help of his business -
Rosenberg Trail
A court case with Julius and Ethel, a couple who were executed for the soviet union. Some people said they were innocent. -
Korean War
The war that began when north Korea invaded south Korea. the UK and USA aided south Korea while china aided North Korea with some help from the Soviet Union. -
Vietnam War
A cold war between United States, South Korea, Australia, the Philippines, New Zealand, Thailand, Khmer Republic, Kingdom of Laos and Republic of China (Taiwan). -
Interstate Highway Act
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, also known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act -
Space Race
The competition of nations to see who achieves in the field of space exploration. They technically were trying to see who could succeed. -
Sputnik
a series of Soviet artificial satellites. Was the very first to be put into orbit -
Moon Landing
The landing of a spacecraft on the moon, Manned and unmanned missions on the moon. -
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States of America. He was the president during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was assassinated in November of 1963. -
Bay of Pigs
The Bay of pigs was a military invasion on Cuba planned by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade. The military invasion failed. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. The USA found missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles away from the US shores. Close enough to do damage to the USA -
Lyndon B. Johnson
36th President of the United States of America. Previously served as a United States Representative from 1937 to 1949 and then as a United States Senator -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
A joint resolution that the United States Congress passed on August 7, 1964, in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident. -
Great society
"A domestic program in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson that instituted federally sponsored social welfare programs." A program was invented to reduce poverity and promote better life to people who lived in the united states. -
Anti-War Movement
A Social movement where they protested war saying that war was uncalled for, and only hurt many people rather than help. -
Tet Offensive 1968
The name Tet means New Year. The Tet Offensive was one of the biggest military campaigns in the Vietnam war. It was full of surprise attacks against military and civilian command and control centers in south Vietnam. -
Richard Nixon
The 37th President of the United States of America. He was a republican party and was the only president to resign from office. -
Vietnamization
A US policy of taking troops out and moving them, and giving responsibility and direction to other places for the war effort. -
26th Amendment
"The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age" -
War Powers Act
The War Powers Act allows the congress to limit the presidents use of military forces. Saying that the congress must know 48 hours before, the president sends armed forces anywhere. -
Rust Belt Vs. Sun Belt
Rust belt is the Great Lakes to the upper Midwest States, low population and once industrial. Sun Belt is Florida, Texas, Arizona, and California, Very sunny and high population. -
Iron Curtain
Iron curtain was a boundray dividing Europe into two different areas from the end of world war II.
