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War power act
War power act was an act where it would restrict the president's power to send troops overseas. he could still do it he just would have to go through a procedure. this took place right after the vietnam war -
Jonas Salk
Jonas Edward Salk was an American medical researcher and virologist. He discovered and developed one of the first successful polio vaccines in 1914 -
Levittown
Levittown was a suburb. it was the original idea. one guy decided to move people put of the city for comfortable and affordable homes. they still had everything you had in the city. -
house un american active committee
house un american active committee was created in 1938 to set the pattern of actions for the anti communist movement. -
rock and roll
rock and roll was a very popular type of music for the rebellious type of kids. it started becoming very popular in the 1940s. -
GI bill
The GI bill was a law that provided education and other benefits for people who had served in the armed forces. the law was passed in 1944 -
iron curtain
iron curtain was a border that divided europe and the soviet union into their own areas. it was something churchill did. -
Baby boom Generation.
Baby boom Generation was when the soldiers came home they were very happy to see their wives. it was where a lot of babies were born at the same time. so there is a lot of the older generation in 2017 -
cold war
the cold war was a war without any fighting directly. the cold war was between the us and russia. the cold war includes the vietnam war and the korean war. -
truman doctrine
truman doctrine was a was to stop the spread of communism. we would help countries that had were having economic troubles after WWII as long as they would not be communist. -
marshall plan
marshall plan was a plan which gave economic helped assist eastern europe countries. the united states gave almost 12 billion dollars to help -
Berlin airlift
At the end of the Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and were in Germany. berlin was in soviet control. the soviet union blocked berlin. the allies were dropping supplies into berlin. -
north atlantic treaty organization. NATO
NATO was an organiziation that would help us make treaties in the north atlantic. it was created in 1949 -
Korean war
the korean war was a war fought between north korea and south korea. they were fighting to gain control of the whole peninsula. the war began in 1950 -
Containment policy
The Containment Policy was to keep communism from spreading. this was put into action in the same time as the korean war had begun. -
McCarthyism
McCarthyism was the act of making accusation of treason without evidence. McCarthy would just accuse people of being communist with out proof at all.this was during the re scare and everyone was scared of communist -
Domino Theory
The Theory that a political event in one country will cause a similar event in a neighboring country. the theory was used from 1950 to 1980 -
1950's prosperity
1950's prosperity was a time where the economy grew 37% overall. families were able to buy more. companies were able to sell more. the economy grew . -
beatnik
a young person in the 1950's and early 60's. they were a part of a sub culture -
Rosenberg trial
Rosenberg trial was a trial that took place right after the korean war. the trial's verdict was that he and his wife were guilty of espionage. mr rosenberg shared the plans for the manhattan project with the russian. his wife had no part of any of it and she was also executed. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower was the 34th president of the united states. he was an army general prior to being the president. he was very pro vietnam. -
ray kroc
ray kroc was an american businessman that joined Mcdonald's very early on. which as you know build it into the most successful fast food chain. it is now an international fast food chain. he joined in 1954 -
Vietnam war
Vietnam war was a war fought between the a communist north and the democratic south. it started in 1955 and ended in 1975. the war was fought t get complete control of vietnam. we lost this war. -
interstate highway act.
interstate highway act was an act that made interstate highways that span the country. this act cost us about 425 billion dollars. (511 billions dollars now) -
Sputnik
Sputnik was the first artificial satellite. the soviet union launched it into space in october 1957. it was launched into earth's orbit -
space race
space race was a race between russia and the united states to see who could get into space first. russia beat us top putting a satellite in space. but we put the first people on the moon. this took place from 1957 to 1975 -
rust belt vs sun belt
The Rust belt where the states that were very industrial. the sun belt where states that were farm oriented. -
bay of pigs
bay of pigs was a failed military mission on cuba to attempt to overthrow castro. this took place in 1961. -
John F kennedy
John F kennedy was our 35th president. he became president in 1969. he was president until he was assassinated in 1963. -
cuban missile crisis
cuban missile crisis was a threat to the united states. russia had put nuclear missile in cuba. they would have been able to take out washington DC. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson was the 36th president. he was very pro war he was apart of democratic party. he went into office in 1963. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
it gave U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorization, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the use of conventional military force in Southeast Asia. -
Great Society
Great Society was a domestic programs in the democratic president LBJ. he did this in 1964. the goal was to get rid of poverty. -
tet Offensive
the tet Offensive was a group of attacks done by the united states vs north vietnam. it was launched in 1968 -
moon landing
moon landing was a historical event where the united states put a man on the moon. our apollo 11 mission was the mission that made it to the moon. -
richard nixon
richard nixon was the 37th president of the united states he went into office in 1969. he was the president to get us out of vietnam. -
Vietnamization
Vietnamization was a war policy of the nixon administration. this was used to end war in Vietnam. this happened in 1970 -
26th amendment
the 26th amendment was the lower of the minimum age for the draft. it used to be 21. FDR used the term old enough to vote old enough to fight -
anti war movement
anti war movement was a movement where the public didn't want to be in wars we were not involved in. including the korean war and the vietnam war. -
betty frieden
betty friedan was an american writer. she was also a feminist. she was a leading figure in the women's rights movement. she released a book called "the second stages" in 1981
