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Betty Friedan
Was a writer, activist, and feminist. She was leading figure in women's movement, in the United States. She is known for her book she made in 1963 titled,"The Feminine Mystique." -
G.I. Bill(servicemen's readjustment act 1944)
This was an act to provide federal government aid for the readjustment of the civilian life from returning WWII soldiers. -
Iron Curtain
The national barrier separating former soviet bloc and west, to decline communism -
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Baby Boom Generation
Baby boom generation is what they called the generation of people that were born between 1946-1964. The baby boom generation makes up substantial portion of North America. -
Containment Policy
Containment was suggested by diplomat George Kennan who eagerly suggested the United States stifle communist influence in Eastern Europe and Asia.One of the ways to accomplish this was by establishing NATO so the Western European nations had a defense against communist influence. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine is the principal that the US should give support to countries that were being threatened by the soviet forces -
Containment Policy
Containment is the stopping of spreading communism. Operated on the principle that the communist governments would eventually fall apart. -
Leittown
This was the name of 7 huge suburban development created in the USA. This was created by William Levitt as well as his company "Levitt and sons" -
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Cold war
The Cold War was a arms and space race for the US against the USSR. -
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Rust belt VS. Sun Belt
The sunbelt are all the southern states from California to Florida. While the rust belt are the midwestern to north eastern states -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall pan was an American attempt to give aid to western Europe. The US gave over 12 billion for economic support to help rebuild Western Europe after the end of the war. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Blockade (24 June 1948 – 12 May 1949) was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
The fundamental role of NATO is to safeguard the freedom and security of its member countries by political and military means. -
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1950's prosperity
The economy grew by 37% during 1950's inflation. Which wrecked the economy right after World War II. -
McCarthyism
McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. -
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Korean War
The Korean War began when North Korea invaded South Korea. The United Nations, with the United States as the principal force, came to the aid of South Korea. China came to the aid of North Korea, and the Soviet Union gave some assistance -
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower was the US general who supervised the invasion of normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany. Eisenhower was also the 34th president of the US. -
Rosenburg Trial
This trail was about an American couple, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg who were executed in 1953 as spies for the Soviet Union -
Ray Kroc
Was the American who developed McDonald's into one of the biggest fast foods restaurant company in the world.
Bought the company in 1955, from two brother who owned this restaurant in California. -
War Powers Act
The War Powers Resolution (also known as the War Powers Resolution of 1973 or the War Powers Act) (50 U.S.C. 1541–1548) is a federal law intended to check the president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress. -
Rock n' Roll
This was a genre of dance music which was originally created throughout the 1950's, It was characterized by a heavy beat and simple melody. -
Interstate highway act
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956. It took several years of wrangling, but a new Federal-Aid Highway Act passed in June 1956. The law authorized the construction of a 41,000-mile network of interstate highways that would span the nation. -
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Space Race
The space race was a 20th century competition which was between the Soviet Union and the United States for power in spaceflight capability. -
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Anti-War Movement
The Anti-War movement was a social movement which was normally in opposition of particular nations decisions to start an armed conflict, like war. -
Tet Offensive 1968
The Tet Offensive of 1968 was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. -
The Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs was a military invasion of Cuba, which failed. By the CIA-sponsored group.
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Cuban Missile Crisis
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, leaders from the U.S. and Soviet Union engaged in a 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962. This was the installation of nuclear armed Soviet missiles on Cuba which was 90 miles away from the U.S. shores.
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John F. Kennedy
Was the 35th president of the United States.
He was assassinated before he was able to finish his term as president. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Joint Committee that the US Congress passed on August 7, 1964 to reply to the Gulf of Tonkin event.
The resolution gave broad congressional consent for extension of the Vietnam War. -
Great Society
Was the domestic program in the administration of the President Lyndon B. Johnson, he federally sponsored Social Welfare programs. -
Vietnamization
This is the U.S. policy of withdrawing troops, and transferring the responsibility as well as direction of the war effort. -
26th Amendment
This amendment states that the right of citizens of the United States, who are 18 of age or older, shall not be denied or abridged to vote by the U.S. or by any State on account of age. -
Domino Theory
The War Powers Resolution (also known as the War Powers Resolution of 1973 or the War Powers Act) (50 U.S.C. 1541–1548) is a federal law intended to check the president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress. -
Richard Nixon
He was vice president for Eisenhower, and he then became the 37th president of the United States.
He than went on to resign after the Watergate Scandal in 1974.
Date when he resigned. -
Sputnik
Sputnik was the first satellite placed in orbit ever. This was a major thing for the Russians, it kind of put them in the lead in the cold war. -
Betty Friedan
Was a writer, activist, and feminist. She was leading figure in women's movement, in the United States. She is known for her book she made in 1963 titled,"The Feminine Mystique."