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Dwight D. Eisenhower
was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. 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. -
Ray Kroc
American businessman and philanthropist. Helped Mcdonalds boom -
Lyndon B Johnson
The 36th President of the United States -
Richard Nixon
37th President of the United States -
Jonas salk
American medical researcher and virologist. , discovered and developed the first successful polio vaccine -
John F. Kennedy
35th President of the United States -
Betty Friedan
American writer, activist, and feminist. -
Roy Benavidez
member of the United States Army Special Forces. recieved the medal of honor -
Abbie Hoffman
American political and social activist and anarchist -
house un-american activities committee
created to investigate disloyalty and subversive organizations. -
McCarthyism
the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence -
war power act
an American emergency law that increased Federal power during World War II. -
GI Bill
A law passed in 1944 that provided educational and other benefits for people who had served in the armed forces in World War II. -
baby boom
when the number of annual births exceeded 2 per 100 women -
Truman Doctrine
American foreign policy created to counter Soviet geopolitical hegemony during the Cold War -
Berlin Airlift
A military operation the late 1940s that brought food and other needed goods into West Berlin by air after the government of East Germany -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization an intergovernmental military alliance. -
1950s prosperity
Many new cars as well as suburbs started to boom -
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. -
containment policy
United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. -
Rock n' Roll
popular music with black rhythm and blues and white country music -
1950s culture
many things such as tv in the living room and the start of rock n roll -
Korean War
war between North and South Korea, in which a United Nations force led by the United States fought for the South, -
anti war movement
a social movement, usually in opposition to a particular nation's decision to start or carry on an armed conflict, unconditional of a maybe-existing just cause. -
Rosenberg Trials
A trial to convict a couple who were caught giving nuclear secrets to other countries -
Federal Aid Highway Act
an act that alloweed 41,000 miles of highway to be built in 10 years -
Space race
A 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US), for supremacy in spaceflight capability. -
1960s cuture
many new things like the first ever super computer was introduced and the beatles were a huge hit -
Domino Theory
A theory that speculated that if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow -
bay of pigs
a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 -
Cuban Missile Crisis
was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba. -
Great Society
set of domestic programs in the United States -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
permission for President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
Miranda v. Arizona
The Miranda rights. Meaning the cop has to share the rights you are given before arrest. -
Marshall Plan
American initiative to aid Western Europe -
Tet Offensive
one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War -
1970s
things such as the walkman and floppy diss were introduced in the 70s. star wars was a Huge hit and still is. -
26th amendment
made the legal age to vote 18 -
Vietnamization
Was a policy President Nixon made to reduce US troops and train Vietnam southern troops -
vietnam war
also known as the 2nd indochina war or Resistance War Against America -
Iron Curtain
imaginary boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II to the cold war -
1980s
ronald reagan was elected president at this time. VHS came out as did boomboxes. artist like madona and Michela jackson all were hits -
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. -
rust an sun belt
Rust Belt - is a term for the region straddling the upper Northeastern United States
Sun belt - a strip of territory receiving a high amount of sunshine
