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Dwight D. Eisenhower
He was a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th preisdent of the United States from 1953 until 1961. Five-star general in the United States Army during World War II. Served asa Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe -
Ray Kroc
American businessman and philanthropist. Joined Mcdonald's in 1954 and built it into the most sucessful fast food operation in the world. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969 -
Richard Nixson
37th U.S. president, is best remembered as the only president ever to resign from office. -
Jonas Salk
First successful polio vaccine. -
Jonsas Salk
An American medical research and virologist. discovered and developed the first successful polio vaccine. -
Betty Friden
Writer, activist and feminist A importnat leader for women -
Abbie Hoffman
Co-Founder of youth international party -
Abbie Hoffman
American political and socail activitst and anarchist who co-founded the Youth International Party. -
House Un-American Activites Committee (HUAC)
Created to investiage disloyalty aand subversive organizations. -
wars power act
American emergency law that increased federal power during World War II. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the act and was less than two weeks after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. -
Iron Curtain
Imaginary boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991 -
Baby Boom generation
People that are born during the demographic post- which is after World War II approx. between 1946 and 1964 -
Cold War
War of words between the U.S. and USSR from 1947-1991. It was political and economic struggle between these nations -
North Atlantic Treaty Organzation (NATO)
Intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty. The organization constituties a systemof collective defence whereby its a member states agre to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party. -
Beatniks
media stereotype prevalent throughout the 1950s to mid-1960s that displayed the more superficial aspects of the Beat Generation literary movement of the 1950s. -
Rosenberg Trail
Started in New York Southern District federal court. Judge Irving R. Kaufman presidess over the espionage prosecution of the couple accused of selling nuclear threats to the Russians -
Ray Kroc
American businessman and philanthropist. He joined McDonald's in 1954 and built it into the most successful fast food operation in the world. -
Interstate Highway Act
Known as the National Interstate and Defense Highway Act, and was enacted when President Dwight D. EIsenhower signed the bill into law -
Space Race
Race between Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US), for supremacy in spaceflight capability. -
Roy Benavidez
was a member of the United States Army Special Forces (Studies and Observations Group) and retired United States Army master sergeant who received the Medal of Honor for his valorous actions in combat near Lộc Ninh, South Vietnam on May 2, 1968. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969, assuming the office after serving as the 37th Vice President of the United States under President John F. Kennedy, from 1961 to 1963. -
Richard Nixon
37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974, he became the only U.S. president to resign the ofice -
Roy Benavidez
Member of the United States Army Special Forces and retired United States Army master sergeant who recevied the Medal of Honor of his Valorous actions.
