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Berlin Airlift
A military act by the U.S. It brought food, clothes, and other needed goods to the closed off west berlin. -
G.I Bill
The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944. Known as the G.I. Bill, was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning from fighting in World War II. It helped the veterans get a house, job, etc. -
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Baby boom generation
Baby boomers are the group born during the World War II baby boom. This includes people who are between 53 and 71 years old in 2017. It was a huge increase in babies before the men went off to war. -
Iron curtain
The Iron Curtain was the name for the boundary dividing Europe into two areas. From World War II until the end of the Cold War in 1991. Symbolizing the efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself and its states from open contact with the West and non Soviet areas. -
Rock n' roll
A new genre of music and style. It was believed to be the devil's music. Nothing like this has been made since Jazz. -
Containment Policy
The policy of trying to keep communism in Europe. -
Levittown
Levittown is the name of seven large suburban developments created in the United States of America. They are made by William Levitt and his company Levitt & Sons. It was mainly for all the military forces coming back. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was a foreign policy created to stop Soviet political expansion during the Cold War. It was first announced to Congress by President Harry S. Truman on March 12, 1947. -
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Cold war
A state of political hostility that existed between the Soviet block countries and the US-led powers from 1945 to 1990. It was to fight the spreading communism. As well as to help other free countries. -
Marshall plan.
The Marshall Plan was an American initiative to aid Western Europe. In which the United States gave over $12 billion in economic support to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War 2. -
Beatniks
Beatnik was a media stereotype throughout the 1950s to 1960s that displayed the superficial aspects of the Beat Generation. Such stereotypes included drug use, and a cartoonish depiction of real-life people along with unfair treatment. -
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is a military group of European and North American democracies founded after World War II to strengthen international bonds between member states. Especially the United States and Europe. To serve as a counter to the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact. -
McCarthyism
McCarthyism is the action of accusing someone of subversion or treason without proper evidence. -
Korean War
The Korean War started when North Korea invaded South Korea. The United Nations, with the United States helping, came to the aid of South Korea. China came to the aid of North Korea, and the Soviet Union gave some assistance in secrecy. -
Jonas Salk
A famous physician. He was credited for making the first successful polio vaccine. -
Dwight D Eisenhower
Dwight D Eisenhower was an American politician and Army general who was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. He inherited the Korean war as well as the cold war. He refused to send our troops to Vietnam. -
Rosenberg Trial.
A court case with Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, an American couple who were executed in 1953 as spies for the Soviet Union. Some people argued that the Rosenberg's were innocent victims of McCarthy-era hysteria against communists or of anti-Semitism, them being Jewish. They were executed. -
Domino Theory.
The idea that if one country falls to communism, so will the rest of the world. It was a big step backwards for nations like the U.S.A. Many people feared it. -
Ray Kroc
Raymond Albert Kroc was an American businessman. He joined McDonald's in 1954. He built it into the most successful fast food operation in the world. -
Vietnam war
The longest U.S war. America tried and fought the communism in Vietnam. Believing if it fell to it, so would other countries. -
Interstate Highway act
Construct several miles of highway through the U.S. It was 25 billion dollar and took more than ten years. -
Space race.
The race to have access to space. The tension was high. It was between the U.S and Soviet Union. -
Sputnik
The first intelligence to go into space by the soviet union. It was a major blow to the U.S. -
John F Kennedy
John F Kennedy was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States. From January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. He is one of the most renown presidents. -
Bay of pigs
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military invasion. It was an attempt to take Cuba by the group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961. It was majorly depended on. -
CMC
The cuban missile crisis was a threat of bombing by the soviet union. They secretly started building and housing bombs that can reach far enough to wipe out half of the U.S. It was a major crisis. -
Betty Friedan
Betty Friedan was an American writer, activist, and feminist. She was a major leading figure in the women's movement in the United States. Her book The Feminine Mystique is often called the cause of sparking the second wave of american feminism. -
Gulf of Tonkin resolution
The resolution to the "bombing" in Tonkin. This gave the president access the the U.S military in Vietnam without officially declaring war. -
Lyndon B Johnson
Lyndon B Johnson, often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician. Who served as the 36th President of the United States. He assumed the office after serving as the 37th Vice President. -
Great society
The Great Society was a set of programs in the United States launched by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The main goal was the end of poverty and racial injustice. It was the picture of a "perfect" U.S. -
Anti war movement
An anti-war movement is a social movement, usually in response to a particular nation's decision to start or carry on a war.The term can also mean pacifism. Which is the opposition to all use of military force during conflicts. -
Tet offensive 1968
The largest military campaign in the Vietnam war. North Vietnam sent attacks to south vietnam. Temporarily making them lose control of the base. -
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon was an American politician who served as the 37th President of the United States. From 1969 until 1974. He became the only U.S. president to resign from office. -
Moon landing.
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two humans on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin, landed the module on July 20, 1969. -
Vietnamization
Took place during Richard Nixon's presidency. It made most Americans very happy. It stopped the U.S's involvement in Vietnam. -
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
Check the presidents power in the time of war. -
Rust belt vs sun belt.
The Rust Belt is the region of the United States from the Great Lakes to the upper Midwest States. It refers to the economic decline. tThe sun belt is the southern US from California to Florida, noted for resort areas and for the movement of businesses.
