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G.I Bill
about getting education for college for working in the miltary -
House Un-American Activites Commite (HUAC)
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 -
cold war
About Russia Spreading commommuism and america trying to prevent it -
Rust Belt and Sun Belt
People moving to the south -
Marshall Plan
pproved funding that would eventually rise to over $12 billion for the rebuilding of Western Europe. -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, -
Iron Curtain
Wall sepratating europe and to two sides from east and west -
Berlin Airlift
The United States and United Kingdom responded by airlifting food and fuel to Berlin from Allied airbases in western Germany. -
1950s Prosperity
Soilders buying houses that were from ww2 and korean war -
Vietnamization
Train non American soilders to fight in Vietman -
Beatnik
a young person in the 1950s and early 1960s belonging to a subculture associated with the beat generation. -
Curban Missile Crisis
Quatine about russia sending weapons to cuba -
McCarthyism
McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. -
Rock and Rolll
is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s -
1950s Culture
Rock and Roll -
Jonas Salk
Discovered 1st Vacinicne for Polio That works -
Domino Theroy
If one country becomes a communist the next country will be and so on -
Containment Policy
Containment was a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad -
Baby Boom generation
Baby popuplation increased after ww2 -
dwight eisenhower
34 Us President -
Rosenberg Trial
The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins in New York Southern District federal court. -
Korean War
When North korea invaded south korea July 27, 1953 -
Ray Kroc
Created Mcdonalds change fast food -
Vietman War
War about north vietman and fall of saigon Saigon, capital city of South Vietnam, fell to North Vietnamese -
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Vietnam War
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Interstate Highway Act
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, popularly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act -
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Space Race
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Sputnik 1
First Man Made satellite -
Laika
First animal to go space -
Bay of Pigs
, a young Cuban nationalist named Fidel Castro drove his guerilla army into Havana and overthrew General Fulgencio Batista the nation’s American-backed president -
JFK
35th President Was Assianmatned -
Anti-War Movement
An anti-war movement (also antiwar) is 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. -
1960s
The space race Hippy times -
Garry Powers
American Pilot of the CIA U-2 Spyplane That was shot down by soivent union missles -
Lyndon B Johnson
36 president -
Gulf of Tonkin Resoloution
authorizing 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. -
Great Society
was a set of domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson in -
Miranda V. Arizona
Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court. -
Betty friedan
created the National Organization for Women.June 30, 1966, -
Abbie Hoffman
founder of the Youth International Party -
Tet Offensive
January 31, 1968, some 70,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launched the Tet Offensive, a coordinated series of fierce attacks on more than 100 cities and towns in South Vietnam. -
Richard Nixon
37 president -
1970s
Color drugs peace Disco -
26 Amendment
Rights for 18 and older to vote -
War Powers Act
" was passed to limit the power of the president to deploy military forces without the consent of Congress. -
1980s
Reagan
The Decade of Excess was also the glory days of the Me Generation, helping form what was 80s culture. -
Roy Benavidez
Brave Soilder from Vietnam War who won award
