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Dwight D Eisenhower
He was the 34th president of the United States and a general afterwards. -
Roy Benavidez
A member of the United States Army Special Forces and retired United States Army master sergeant -
House Un- Ammerican Activites Committee
It was created to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of organizations suspected of having Communist ties. -
War Powers Act
Was an American emergency law that increased Federal power during World War II. -
G.I Bill
Provided some benefits for returning World War 2 veterans. Such as low cost mortgages. -
Iron Curtain
Formed the 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. -
Cold War
The Cold War was a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc and powers in the Eastern Bloc. -
Truman Doctrine
The principle that the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or communist insurrection -
Containment Policy
Using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. -
Marshall Plan
was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave $13 billion -
Berlin Airlift
A military operation in the late 1940s that brought food and other needed goods into West Berlin by air -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
The NATO is a intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. -
Rock n' Roll
A type of music that was popular in the 1950's, with heavy melodies and beats. -
Beatniks
Young person that was a part social group in the 1950s and early 1960s that rejected the traditional rules of society. -
1950's prosperity
The economy overall grew by 37% during the 1950s. At the end of the decade, the median American family had 30% more purchasing power. -
Rosenberg Trail
involving Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, an American couple who were executed in 1953 as spies for the Soviet Union. -
Korean War
Was a war between North and South Korea. -
Domino Theory
It was a theorty that if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in domino type of manner. -
McCarythyism
The practice of making accusations without proper evidence. -
Interstate Highway Act
The need for a planned system of national highways -
Space Race
The Space Race was a 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union and the United States. -
Bay of Pigs
Was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade. -
Curban Missile Crisis
13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba. -
John F. Kennedy
35th president of the United States. -
Lydon B. Johnson
He was vice president for JFK from 1961- 1963 and then was president from 1963 to 1969 -
Baby Boom Generation
Those are people born during the demographic post World War II baby boom approximately between the years 1946 and 1964. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Allowed President Johnson to take actions he believed were necessary to promote the maintenance of peace all across the word and security in southeast Asia. -
Great Society
A domestic program in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson. -
Miranda v. Arizona
Was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court. -
Tet Offensive
It was a campaign of surprise attacks against military and civilian commands in South VIetnam. -
Vietnamization
policy of the Richard Nixon administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War -
Anti-War Movement Include
Compaign against going into war or continuing it. -
26th Amendment
It is dealing with 2 parts, first that people who are 18 or older shall be able to vote. The other part is that congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. -
Richard Nixon
37th president of the United States -
Vietnam War
War against America or simply the American War -
Rust Belt and Sun Belt
A term for the region straddling the upper Northeastern -
Ray Kroc
An American businessman and philanthropist. -
Abbie Hoffman
An American political and social activist and anarchist who co-founded the Youth International Party. -
Jonas Salk
An American medical researcher and virologist. He discovered and developed the first successful polio vaccine. -
1950's culture; 1960's culture; 1970's culture; 1980's culture
The culture of each of those decades change a lot and are continuing to change.
