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War Powers Act
The war power act is pretty much telling the president how much power he has to stat a war or to get into a conflict with a country. -
House Un-American Activities Committee
What HUAC was an investigative committee of house of representatives, on private citizen, public employee's and those groups were suspected to have ties with communism. -
Anti war movement
What anti war movement is the opposition of a country trying to start a war or to try react back to war. some ways that people can stop a government is by protesting -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mr. Eisenhower was a army general, 34th president of the united states of america. When he was a general he was a five star one and he fought during world war 2. He was also the first supreme commander of NATO. -
G.I Bill
The G.I bill was created to help veterans from world war II. And the help they got from the G.I bill was getting school paid for, help with buy a house. -
Berlin Airlift
What the Berlin airlift was the dividing of Berlin which was the capital of Germany and Russia. Which Russia wanted to build a wall around the part the own this stated after world war two was over. And the way it made america look good was by the united states supplying good to Germany. -
Baby boom genetation
What the baby boom was the increase of baby's after world war II. The reason why there was an increase because the men were at war for a long time so when they came back they felt like they need some loving. -
Mccarthyism
What mccarthyism is making assumption with no type of evidence of that event. And Joseph Mccarthy was the first u.s senator that used this to get his fame and by him doing so this almost caused the second red scare. -
Levittown
What Levittown were 7 suburbs created for solders coming back from world war II. The creator of these suburbs was William Levitt, also the veterans coming back from the war will get half off rent from the house -
Cold War
The cold war was tension between america and the soviet Union after world war II. And the reason why it was called the cold war was because there wasn't actual war fighting between the countries it was more political fighting. -
Marshall plan
The marshall plan was to aid help to Western Europe from damages done in world war 2. The united states gave Western Europe 12 billion dollar to help fix damages. Also the plan was to remove communism in Europe and to remove trade barriers. -
Truman doctrine
What the truman doctrine was an american foreign policy that was to prevent the Soviet union from expanding during the cold war. Also with the truman doctrine it lead to the creation of the truman doctrine. -
Beatniks
Beatniks is a culture that came from beat generation who were authors and there worked influence a lot of people in politics after world war II. Also the group would meet up in New York City. -
Rock n Roll
They way Rock n roll got it's music styles was by music such as gospel, jazz, boogie woogie, and rhythm and blues and country music. And rock n roll also originated in America -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
what NATO is a intergovernmental military alliance and what they do is talk about attacks that are going to happened from another party. Countries that are apart of Nato are united states, France, united kingdom, the head quarter is in Brussels, Belgium. -
Korean War
The main reason why the Korean war started was because of North Korea invading South Korea. Also the reason why Korea split into two sides was because one side wanted Communist which was the North and the South wanted anti-communist. Also america helped the south Koreans during the war. -
Containment Policy
What the Containment policy is the United States trying to prevent communism from spreading in other countries. And one way that us help prevent communism was by helping South Korea when North Korea was trying to take them over. -
1950's Prosperity
The prosperity of america in the unites states was so good because of president Eisenhower was able to balance the federal budget. And also help america was the G.I bill giving U.S solider help for college etc. -
Rosenberg Trail
What the Rosenberg trail was the conviction of conspiracy of committing espionage between two american citizen giving information to the Soviet Union. What the information was given about was top secret information and drawing about the atomic bomb. -
Richard Nixon
Mr. Nixon was the 37th president of the united states of america. He became the only president ever to resign from office. He also served on activity duty during world war 2. -
vietnamization
President Richard nixon was the person who came up with the Vietnamization. He came up with this idea in his administration, and what his administration was about was to end U.S involvement in the Vietnam war. But what he wanted to do was create a program that was going to expand, equip, and train south Vietnamese forces. So that us ground troops didn't have to fight but the us air forces would help. -
Domino Theory
What the domino theory is that if one country experiences communism then the other countries around them will also turn to communist so pretty much a like a domino effect. And the person who came up with this idea was president Dwight D. Eisenhower who described this theory in one of his news conferences. -
Jonas Salk
Mr.Salk was an american medical reacher and virus studier. If it wasn't for Salk we wouldn't have the polio vaccines. Also mr.Salk was a Lasker award winner because of his impact of the polio vaccine. -
Space Race
What the space race was a competition between two cold war rivals the United States and the Soviet Union. The soviet union was the first country to put a satellite in space and that was sputnik but the united states was the first country to land somebody on the moon with apollo 11. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam war occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. It was a war between North Vietnam and south Vietnam. And some countries that helped North Vietnam were Russia and china and other communist countries, And the countries that helped south Vietnam were the United states, south Korea, and Australia. -
Interstate Highway act
What this act created was 41,000 interstate high way through out the United states. Also President Dwight Eisenhower was the president who signed the bill into office. -
sputnik
Sputnik was the first earth artificial satellite launched into space by the Russian. And by the creation of sputnik it created a space race competition between Russia and the united states. -
Bay of Pigs
The Bay of pigs was a failed invasion of Cuba led by the CIA- Brigade 2506. And the attack was attended to overthrow communist leader Fidel Castro. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban missile crisis was a 13 day discussion between the United States and the Soviet unions. What the discussion was about was that the Soviet union had missiles in Cuba that could attack the united states in instance, and the united states had the same kind of missiles in turkey and Italy. If the two countries didn't come to an agreement it would have led to full out nuclear war fare. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
Mr. LBJ was the 36th president of the united states of america, he was also the 37 vice president of the united states of america. LBJ was the president who made america get more involved in the Vietnam war. He also served in the military. -
John F. Kennedy
Mr. JFK was the 35th president of the united states of america. He was also the president who got the unites states of having nuclear warfare with the soviets. -
John F. Kennedy
Mr. JFK was the 35th president of the united states of america. He was also the president who got the unites states of having nuclear warfare with the soviets. -
Great society
What the great society is a program that help's poor people in need to pay for school, medical care, and transportation etc. And the great society was created by president Lyndon B. Johnson. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
With this resolution it gave President Lyndon B. Johnson authorization to do any assistants of any kind in south east Asia. Also with this it expanded the Vietnam war. -
Betty Friedan
Betty Friedan was an american writer, activist,and feminist. She was also a leading figure in the american women movement In the united states. She was also elected to become the first president of the national organization for women, and there goal was to make women more main stream in america. -
Test Offensive 1968
The test offensive was the largest military campaign in the Vietnam war. This campaign was launched by North Vietnam leader Viet Cong it was intended for the south Vietnam forces. And what the campaign talked about was a surprise attack from the north Vietnam forces against the south Vietnam forces and civilians. -
Moon Landing
What moon landing is the landing of a spacecraft on the moon. And it can be either a human or robot, the first space craft was landed on the moon by the soviets. And the first space craft and man was landed on the moon by the americans. -
Rust Blet V Sun Belt
Rust belt is a term from the great lakes and upper midwest states. And what the term meant was the economic, population loss due to the deindustrialization. The sun belt is a term of stretch through the southeast and southwest states, what was so good about this was better weather and a boom in agriculture. -
26 amendment
The 26 amendment gives any 18 year old person thought the united states the right to vote any type of election. -
Ray Kroc
Mr. Ray Kroc was an american businessman who joined the McDonald's fast food company which turned into becoming the most successful fast food restaurant in the world. He also owned the san diego padres baseball team intel his death. -
Iron curtain
The iron curtain is the boundary dividing Europe in two separate sides after world war II. And the reason why this was created because the soviet union wanted to keep people out who they didn't control. And a big sybmole of this is the berlin wall.
