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jonas salk
developed Salk vaccine -
house unamerican activities commitee
investigated alleged disloyalties of private citizens -
GI bill
was loans for vets to go to school, start a business, or adjust to a civilian life -
berlin airlift
A military operation that brought food and other needed goods into West Berlin -
Cold War
a state of political conflict using means short of armed warfare -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology -
levittown
suburban housing development -
containment policy
to prevent the spread of communism -
nato
was a military alliance between american and european countries -
1950 prosperity
the economy grew about 37% -
beatniks
subculture associated with the beat generation. -
mcCarthyism
a campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy -
korean war
Communist North Korea invaded South Korea across the 38th parallel -
Marshall Plan
a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe -
rosenberg trail
american couple killed for being soviet spies -
dwight eisenhower
was the 34th president to serve -
rock n' roll
became a popular music genre with the introduction of Elvis Presley -
ray kroc
he helped develop mcdonalds into the greatest fast food restuarant it ever was -
interstate highway act
to authorize appropriations for continuing the construction of highways -
vietnam war
was a Cold War military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia -
sputnik
any of a series of Soviet earth-orbiting satellites -
Space Race
a competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union -
domino theory
a theory that if one country is taken over by a Communist the nearby nations will be taken over one after another -
richard nixon
believes most americans do not want to pull out of the vietnam war would be humiliating to lose -
Bay of Pigs
Central Intelligence Agency landed on the southern coast of Cuba in an effort to overthrow Fidel Castro. -
John F. Kennedy
president during part of the cold war and especially during the superpower rivalry and the cuban missile crisis. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
confrontation between US and the Soviet Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba -
betty friedan
american writer, activist and feminist -
lyndon b johnson
American politician who served as the 36th President of the United States -
Great Society
war on poverty and civil rights act -
gulf of tonkin resolution
the determination of the president as commander in Chief, to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attacks against the U.S. -
vietnamization
of giving the South Vietnamese government responsibility for carrying on the war, so as to allow for the withdrawal of American troops. -
tet offensive
A series of major attacks by communist forces in the Vietnam War -
Antiwar Movement
Series of protests and marches generally by young americans to remove american solders off vietnamese soil -
moon landing
when they landed an aircraft on the moon -
baby boom
other vets come home, have a house, want to start a family -
rust belt vs sun belt
cities that have depleted populations and economies -
war power act
notify congress to deploy troops after 90 days, congress approval needed -
Iron Curtain
an impenetrable barrier to communication or information especially as imposed by rigid censorship and secrecy -
26th admendment
people 18 and older allowed to vote
