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House Un-American Activites Commiittee
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. -
Truman Doctorine
the U.S would provide assistance to any countries that are being invaded by communist states -
G.I. Bill
as a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans -
Iron Curtain
The term symbolized efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the west and non-Soviet-controlled areas. -
Cold War
Arguments and threats between the Soviet Union and the U.S -
Containment Policy
The U.S strategy for fighting off communism in other countries -
Marshall Plan
it proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe. -
Berlin Airlift
When the U.S provided supplies and food for the Germans when the Soviets divided Berlin between East Berlin and West Berlin with the Berlin Wall -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. -
1950s 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 than at the beginning. This led to Inflation -
1950s Culture
Rock n' Roll became popluar and the baby boom began -
McCarthyism
McCarthy proclaimed that he was aware of 205 card-carrying members of the Communist Party who worked for the United States Department of State. -
Korean War
he Korean War was a war between North and South Korea, in which a United Nations force led by the United States fought for the South, and China fought for the North, which was also assisted by the Soviet Union. -
Baby Boom generation
When war veterans came home they had sex and made a lot of babies -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
he 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. -
Rosenberg Trail
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were american citizens who spied for the Soviet Union and were executed for conspiracy to commit espionage and for passing information about the atomic bomb to the Soviets. -
Ray Kroc
he was an American businessman and philanthropist. He joined McDonald's in 1954 and built it into the most successful fast food operation in the world -
Domino Theory
it was a theory prominent from the 1950s to the 1980s, that speculated that if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect. -
Beatniks
a young person in the 1950s and early 1960s belonging to a subculture associated with the beat generation. -
interstate Highway Act
The bill created a 41,000-mile National System of Interstate and Defense Highways that would, according to Eisenhower, eliminate unsafe roads, inefficient routes, traffic jams and all of the other things that got in the way of speedy, safe transcontinental travel -
Abbie Hoffman
he was an American political and social activist and anarchist who co-founded the Youth International Party. -
Rust Belt and Sun Belt
Rust belt is the northern part of the U.S where the Great Lakes and the Sun belt is all the southern states of the U.S -
1960 culture
Bell-bottoms and incense, long hair, free love and psychedelic rock—the 1960s are commonly reduced to a set of easy-to-replicate images, phrases, and styles. -
Rock n' Roll
young rebellious generation sing about war, peace, and drugs -
John F. Kennedy
he was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963 -
Bay of Pigs
A U.S failed invasion on Cuba -
Cuban Missile Crisis
When the Soviets placed nuclear weapons in Cuba -
Lyndon B Johnson
he was the 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. -
Betty Friedan
she was an American writer, activist, and feminist. A leading figure in the women's movement in the United States, her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique is often credited with sparking the second -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
it was a joint resolution that the United States Congress passed on August 7, 1964, in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident which was when Lyndon B, Johnson lied about North Korea attacking U.S ships when they didn't really attack. -
Great Society
The main goal was the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. -
Jonas Salk
he was an American medical researcher and virologist. He discovered and developed the first successful polio vaccine. -
Anti-War Movement
Small peace rallies from college kids and some wives whose husbands have been drafted into war -
Vietnam War
also known as the Second Indochina War, and known in Vietnam as Resistance War Against America or simply the American War, was a Cold War-era proxy war that occurred in Vietnam -
Miranda v. Arizona
police did not tell Miranda about his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination or his Sixth Amendment right to an attorney. The case went to trial in an Arizona state court and the prosecutor used the confession as evidence against Miranda, who was convicted and sentenced to 20 to 30 years in prison for kiddnapping and raping a young girl. -
Roy Benavidez
he was a member of the United States Army Special Forces and retired United States Army master sergeant who received the Medal of Honor for his valorous actions -
Tet Offinsive
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Richard Nixon
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Space Race
it was between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US), for supremacy in spaceflight capability. -
Vietnamization
it was a policy of the Richard Nixon administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War through a program to "expand, equip, and train South Vietnam's forces -
1970s culture
This is known as the Hippie era when people were really against war and nuclear threats -
26th Amendment
the voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 -
War Powers Act
is a federal law intended to check the president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress. -
1980s culture
Blockbuster films were made, fashion was really really weird and neon was used in almost everything