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House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
HUAC was created in 1938. It investigated private citizens and subversive citizens. -
G.I. Bill (Servicemen’s Readjustment Act 1944)
The G.I. Bill is for people who served in the army and its money for them for college, home, or utilities. -
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain is the political, military, and ideological barrier built by the Soviet Union after WWII to close off itself and its dependent eastern and central European allies from open contact with the West and other non communist areas. -
Containment Policy
Containment is a US policy to contain communism within its borders. Containment was first suggested by George F. Kennan in the "Long Telegram. Kennan asserted that the goal of the U.S. should be to "contain' communism within its present borders. -
Cold War
The Cold War was a nonviolent war between the Soviet Union and the United States. The Cold War lasted for 1947 to 1991 -
Domino Theory
The Containment notion was made of the Domino Theory. The Domino Theory held that if one country fell under communist influence or control, its neighboring countries would follow. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was a policy that was created to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. It came to light from a speech delivered by President Truman before a joint session of Congress on March 12, 1947. -
Berlin Airlift
At the end of WWII, the United States, British, and Soviet Union military forced separated and engaged Germany. This gave the hostages hope. The Berlin Airlift continued from 1948 to 1949. -
Marshall Plan
It was the american initiation to aide Western Europe. America gave over 12 billion dollars to build the Western Europe Government. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several western Europe nations provided protection from the Soviet Union. -
Rock n' Roll
Rock n’ Roll is characterized by a heavy beat. Usually consists of the guitar, bass, and drums. It was a type of music to express one’s feelings. Rock n' Roll was born in the late 1940s and early 1950s. -
1950's Prosperity
Prosperity is when the economy grew 37% and held an inflation which had wrecked Havoc in the economy. -
Korean War
The Korean was was between North Korea and South Korea. North Korea invaded south Korea in June 1950. The UN forces supported South Korea. -
Levittown
Levittown was a community planned by Abraham Levitt and his two sons, William Levitt and Alfred Levitt. Levittown was for the thousands of men and women that come back from WWII and had nowhere to go or stay. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States. He was elected in 1952. Eisenhower was a Republican and he served two presidential terms. Eisenhower was commanding the D-Day invasion while serving Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during during WWII. -
Rosenberg Trial
This was a court case about Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg. Julius and Ethel were an american couple who died in 1953 as spies for the Soviet Union. -
McCarthyism
McCarthyism was the practice of making accusations of subversion and treason without regard of evidence. The idea of McCarthyism was developed in 1954 -
Jonas Salk
Jonas Salk created the vaccine for polio. He first tested the vaccine on his family members. His vaccine worked and it led to everyone getting the vaccine. Salk started testing for his vaccine in 1954. -
Ray Kroc
Ray Kroc was an entrepreneur. He is best known for expanding McDonald’s. He built the most successful food industries. -
Vietnam War
This was a Cold War conflict, pitting the United States and the remains of the French colonial government in South Vietnam against the indigenous but the communist Vietnamese independence movement, the Viet Minh, and the latter’s expulsion of the French in 1955. The Vietnam war ended in April 1975. -
Interstate Highway Act
This was a bill that Eisenhower signed to make it into a law and to start building highways. -
Space Race
The Space Race was a competition between nations concerning about achievements in space exploration. The space race was between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. The U.S. won the space race when Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. -
Sputnik
Sputnik was the world’s first artificial satellite. It was the size of a beach ball and weighed 183.9 pounds. Sputnik was launched by the Soviet Union during the space race. -
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States. Kennedy tripled the amount of American economic and military aid to the South Vietnamese and increased the number of US military advisors in Indochina. -
Beatniks
Beatniks was a media stereotype in the 50s and it spread about the Beat Generations. Started in the late 1950s and continued throughout the early 1960s. -
Anti-War Movement
A social movement usually in opposition to the particular nation’s decision to start or carry on an armed conflict, unconditional of a “maybe existing” cause. -
Bay of Pigs
This was the CIA’s “perfect failure” of attempting to invade Cuba. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
USSR missiles were hidden in Cuba and the United States got proof of the missiles. If the missiles were set off, it would have wiped half of the United States population. -
Betty Friedan
Friedan was a writer, activist, and a strong feminist. She wrote a book about The feminine Mystique. Betty Friedan broke new grounds by writing about the idea of women finding other enjoyment outside of their traditional jobs. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson was the 36th President of the United States. He inherited the escalating crisis Vietnam. Johnson steadily increased the number of US troops deployed to Vietnam, hoping to ensure a US victory before withdrawing forces. His approval rates had plummeted and his hopes for bringing an end to the war in Vietnam had dissolved. -
Great Society
Johnson’s goal was to turn the nation into a great society by opening up opportunities and improving the quality of life for all americans. -
Baby Boom Generation
The Baby Boom Generation was when the war had ended and the soldiers came back home to their wives. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was a joint resolution that the US Congress passed. -
Tet Offensive
Tet Offensive was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. The war launched on January 30, 1968. -
Vietnamization
The war was a policy of Richard Nixon administration to end United States involvement in the Vietnam War. -
Moon Landing
The spaceship, Apollo 11, was the first spaceflight to land on the moon safely with two American astronauts. -
Richard Nixon
Was born in 1913 become president 1969. He pursued a plan he called “Vietnamization,” whereby the US would gradually withdraw from the war, leaving the South Vietnamese army to shoulder the bulk of the fighting. -
26th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States, who are 18 years or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the US, or by any State on account of age. -
War Power Act
The War Powers Act is a law that congress limits the President’s use for/of the military. -
Rust Belt vs. Sun Belt
The Rust Belt is a term for the region of the United States from the Great Lakes to the Upper Midwest States. The Sun Belt is the region in the United States that stretches across the southern and southwestern portions of the country from Florida to California.
