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Guerrilla warfare
An irregular warfare tactic. When groups of small forces ambush or distract large group of military forces. -
Gi Bill
The bill gave Gi's an opportunity to go to school and get knowledge instead of going into the wold without anything to look back on. They were giving money to do whatever they wanted really, it helped them pursue a career other than the military and provided money for they families. -
Black lists
List containing all of those that were thought to be communists and spy's. Many were falsly accused but the majority were convicted. -
Ho Chi Minh
Was a vietnamese Communist revolutionary. Defeated the French Union in 1954 -
baby boom
Babies started to boom once world war two had ended. Soldiers came home to their wives and most of them wanted to start families and then the babies came. -
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson was the first African baseball player to be in the pro's. He was a role model for the whole African American population and led to African Americans to go big and play in the MLB. -
Levittown
Founded by William levitt. The community gave families their own yard for the kids to play in, neighbors, and many rooms without having large buildings like in the city. -
Domino Theory
The theory that when one nation falls, the rest begin to crumble. This was a huge theory of vietnam and the USA tried all they could to prevent Vietnam from falling to communism. -
Alger Hiss
Alger Hiss was convicted of Perjury and being an undercover spy for the soviets. His is famous for the Pumpkin Papers. -
Malcolm x
Fought for black nationalism. Also a part of the islam religion -
Jonas Salk
Jonas Salk created the vaccine for Polio. He saved millions and will be known for his great medical discoveries. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was the famous woman who refused to sit in the back of the bus. Her controversial act led to other protests later on hoping for Blacks to get respectable rights. -
Space Race
The race to space between the Soviets and USA. The soviets launched Sputnik and ever since, the USA has tried to get passed their space program. -
Eugene Bull Connor
Was the symbol of Bigotry. He used firehoses and other cruel methods to break up riots and protests. -
Draft
Military Draft for war. As soon as highschoolers turn 18 they go into the draft. -
Black Panthers
A group formed by MLK and other black civil rights activists. Famous for their leather jackets and carrying guns in public -
Medicare/Medicade
Allowed residents of USA with low income a chance at health treatment. Helped millions get the resources and aid they needed. -
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall was the Solicitor General in 1965. He started of his career with suing the university of Maryland to admit an African American Student. -
George Wallace
Wallace was the 45th governor from Alabama. He was famous for his "Segregation now, Segregation Forever" speech. -
Robert Kennedy
Known for being JFK's Brother. Died june 6th 1968 -
My Lai
William Calley led the attack on a small village. 400 some civilians were murdered by US forces, the public didn't hear about the massacre until years later. -
James Earl Ray
James Earl Ray was sent to jail for the murder of MLK. He was later said to be innocent by the King family from further evidence, but died at the age of 70 in jail. -
Woodstock
Music Festival held at a dairy farm in Bethal, NY. Famous for its heavey drug use, music, and "peace" -
Quagmire
a swampy area or marsh. Famous for vietnam areas -
Watergate
Watergate Scandle included Nixon and his Re elect campaign. He was later to be impeached, although decided to leave office before the impeachment process began. -
Fidel Castro
Dictator of Cuba and still alive today. He was most famous for the Cuban Missile Crisis and almost brought the USSR and USA to Nuclear Conflict -
Three Mile Island
Partial Core Meltdown in the late 70's. It was the biggest alarm of nuclear energy and nuclear plants of the era. Since then, no new nuclear plants have been built -
Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez was a civil rights activist. Most famous for boycotting grapes for latino civil rights. -
Berlin Wall
Wall separating East Germany from West Germany. The wall separated families and allowed nobody to see the other side. -
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton was President of the USA from 1993 to 2001. He was succeeded by George Bush and Famous for the sexual scandles throughout his political period. -
John Kerry
John Kerry ran for president against George W Bush, but lost. He was for pulling troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan, although he lost with George Bush Capturing Sadam H. weeks before the election. -
Osama Bin Laden
Osama Bin Laden is the leader of the terrorist group, Al Qaeda. He is famous for the 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. -
Aids
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus which is also known as HIV. The virus is most popular in Africa.
