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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 Nixon
37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974, he became the only U.S. president to resign the ofice -
Jonsas Salk
An American medical research and virologist. discovered and developed the first successful polio vaccine. -
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. -
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. -
Rock n' Roll
Genre of popular music that orginated and evolved in the U.S. during the late 1940s and earlys 1950s, combination of Africa-American generes such as blues, boogie-woogie, jump blues. -
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. -
G.I. Bill (Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944)
Law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans. Benefits included low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, cash payments of tution and living expenses to attend university. -
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 -
Truman Doctrine
American foregin policy created to counter Soviet geopolitical hegeminey during the Cold War. It was annouced to Congress by President Harry S. Truman on March 112, 1947 and further developed on July 12, 1948 -
Cold War
War of words between the U.S. and USSR from 1947-1991. It was political and economic struggle between these nations -
Marshall Plan
(European Recovery Program, ERP) an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in with the U.S. gave $13 billion (approximately $130 billion in current dollar value as of March 2016) -
Berlin Airlift
End of Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. -
Containment Policy
U.S. policy was using a lot of stragies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. -
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. -
Domino Theory
Prominent from the 1950s to 19802, that speculated that if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, countries that are surrounded would follow in a domino effect. -
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 -
Korean War
War between North & South Korea, a United Nations force led by the U.S. fought for the South, and China fought for the North. -
McCarthyism
Practice of making accusations of subverison or treason withouth proper regard for evidence. -
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 (Sputnik ans Moon landing)
20th century competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US), for supremacy in spaceflight capability -
Beatniks
Stereotype prevalent throughout the 1950s to mid-1960s that displayed the more superficial aspect of the Beat Generation literary movement of the 1950s -
Bay of Pigs
Failed military invasion of CUba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group bridgade 2506. A counter revoultionary military, trained and funded by the United States government's Centeral Intelligence Agency (CIA) -
Cuban Missile Crisis
13-day confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union conceringv Soviet ballistic missles deployment in Cuba. -
John F. Kennedy
3th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. -
Anti-War Movement Include
Social movement, usually in opposition to a particular nation's decision to start or csrry on armed conflict, unconditinal of a maybe-existing just cause. -
Great Societyu
domestic programs in the U.S. launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson. Main goal was elimination of povery and racial injustice -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
President Johnson is to take any measures he believes were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and sercuity in southeast Asia. -
Miranda v. Arizona
Landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court. Had a significant impact on law enforcement in the U.S., by making what became known as the Miranda RIghts parts of routine police proceudre to ensure that suspects were informed of their rights. -
Betty Friedan
American writer, activist, and feminist. Leading figure in the women's movement in the United States, her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique is often credited with sparking the second.
Co-founded and was elected the first president of the National Organization for Women. -
Vietnamization
President Richard M. Nixon pledged to withdraw 150,000 more U.S. troops from South Vietnam in the next 12 months -
26th Amendment
RIght of citizens of the U.S. who are 18 yrs of age or older, to vot shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any States on account of age -
Vietnam war (Fall of saigon)
South Vietnam, fell to North Vietnamese forces. The fall of Saigon effectively marked the end of the Vietnam War -
Tet Offensive 1968
70,00o North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launched the Tet Offen, a coordinated series of fierce attacks more than 100 cities and towns in South Vietname. -
Rust Belt and Sun Belt
Southern US from California to Florida, noted for resort areas and for the movement of bussiness and population -
1950s prosperity
Suburbs first emerged on a large scale in the 19th and 20th centuries as a result of improved rail and road transport, led to an increase in commuting.
