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HUAC
A committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, investigated allegations of communist activity in the U.S. during the early years of the Cold War -
McCarthyism
Senator McCarthy spent almost five years trying in expose communists in the U.S. government. -
Dwight D Eisenhower
Eisenhower returned soon after Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland created World War II in Europe. In September 1941, he received his first general’s star with a promotion to brigadier general. -
Containment Policy
Truman's Containment policy was the first major policy during the Cold War and used to prevent the spread of communism -
G.I Bill
The G.I. Bill was created to help veterans from World War II. It created hospitals, made low-interest mortgages available and granted stipends covering tuition and expenses for veterans attending college or trade schools. -
Iron Curtain
the notional barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West prior to the decline of communism that followed the political events in eastern Europe -
Baby Boom Generation
Almost exactly nine months after World War II ended more babies were born in 1946 than ever before -
Cold War
By the time World War II ended, most American officials agreed that the best defense against the Soviet threat was a strategy called “containment. -
Berlin Airlift
After World War II, the Allies defeated Germany into a Soviet-occupied zone, an American-occupied zone, a British-occupied zone and a French-occupied zone -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty -
Rock n' Roll
Rock & Roll music is born in the 1950's from a fusion of electric blues, country and gospel music. -
Beatniks
a young person in the 1950s and early 1960s belonging to a subculture associated with the beat generation. -
Korean War
On June 25, 1950, the Korean War began with 75,000 soldiers from North Korea. The line between the Democratic part of Korea to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south. This attack was the first military action of the Cold War. -
Rosenberg Trial
The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg was a couple accused of selling nuclear secrets to the Russians. -
Vietnamization
Nixon introduced a new strategy called Vietnamization that was used to end American involvement in the Vietnam War by transferring all of the military to South Vietnam -
Domino Theory
Is what governed a lot of the U.S. foreign policy beginning in the early 1950s, held that a communist victory in one nation would lead to a chain reaction of communist takeovers. -
Ray Kroc
In 1955, Kroc became president of the McDonald’s Corporation. He bought out the owners entirely six years later. -
Jonas Salk
He began research on polio. On April 12, 1955, the vaccine was released for use in the United States -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a long war that ruined communism of North Vietnam and Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and the United States. -
Interstate Highway Act
The bill created a 41,000-mile “National System of Interstate and Defense Highways” that would end unsafe roads, inefficient routes and traffic jams -
Sputnik
The Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I The world's first satellite which was about the size of a beach bal 22.8 inches in diameter, weighed 183.9 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth -
The space race
Space exploration was a Cold War competition. On October 4, 1957, a Soviet R-7 launched Sputnik, the world’s first satellite and the first man-made object to be placed into the Earth’s orbit. Sputnik’s launch came as a surprise to most Americans. -
Levittown
Levittown is the name of seven large suburban developments created in the United States of America by William Levitt and his company Levitt & Sons. Built after World War II for returning veterans and their new families (though limited to those of "the Caucasian race", as stipulated in housing rent and sales agreements), the communities offered attractive alternatives to cramped central city locations and apartments. -
John F. Kennedy
After nearly earning his party’s nomination for vice president in 1956, Kennedy announced his candidacy for president on January 2, 1960. He defeated a primary challenge from the more liberal Hubert Humphrey and chose the Senate majority leader, Lyndon Johnson of Texas, as his running mate. -
Bay Of Pigs
Kennedy shared Eisenhower’s CIA campaign to train and create army of Cuban exiles, but he had some doubts about the the plan. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
What is known as the Cuban Missile Crisis actually began on October 15, 1962 he day that U.S. intelligence personnel analyzing U-2 spy plane data discovered that the Soviets were building medium-range missile sites in Cuba. -
Betty Friedan
Betty Friedan broke gender roles by finding new ideas of women finding personal happiness outside of their traditional roles. She also helped advance the women’s rights movement as one of the founders of the National Organization for Women -
Lyndon B. Jonhson
Lyndon B. Johnson was an American politician who served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969 -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave broad congressional approval for expansion of the Vietnam War -
Anti-War Movement
The antiwar movement actually consisted of a number of independent interests, often only vaguely allied and contesting each other on many issues, united only in opposition to the Vietnam War. Attracting members from college campuses, middle-class suburbs, labor unions, and government institutions, the movement gained national prominence in 1965, peaked in 1968, and remained powerful throughout the duration of the conflict. -
Tet Offensive 1968
70,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launched the Tet Offensive that was a series of attacks on more than 100 cities and towns in South Vietnam -
Great Society
LBJ sponsored the largest reform agenda since Roosevelt's New Deal. -
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon was the 37th U.S. president and the only commander-in-chief to resign from his position, after the 1970s Watergate scandal. -
Moon Landing
The United States' Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon, on 20 July 1969 -
War Powers Act
The act was to restrain the president’s ability to commit U.S. forces overseas by making the excutive branch agree with and report to Congress before involving U.S. forces in foreign countries -
26th Amendment
Lowering the voting age in America from 21 to 18 began during World War II and got worse during the Vietnam War. -
1950s Propserity
The United States was the world’s strongest military power. Its economy was booming, new cars, suburban houses and other consumer goods were available and more common to more people than ever before -
Truman Doctrine
With the Truman Doctrine, President Harry S. Truman stated that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nation.
