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Rust Belt Vs. Sun Belt
The Rust belt was the region straddling the upper Northeastern U.S, the Great Lakes and the midwest States. The Sun Belt was the region of the U.S stretches across the southeast and Southwest. The North was known for being economically declining while the South was quite the opposite. -
Ray Kroc
Ray Kroc was an American Businessman. He founded and build up one of America's most well-known fast food chains in America; McDonalds in 1954. Ray Kroc was born October 5th, 1902 and died January 14th 1984. He also published a book titled "Grinding it out" in 1977. -
Betty Friedan
Betty Friedan was a woman's rights activist and created the organization NOW. She was also a writer, and feminist. She wrote the book "The Feminine Mystique" in 1963. She was born on February 4th, 1921 and died on her birthday in 2006. -
House Un-American Activities Committee
The House Un-American Activities committee, also known as HUAC, was created to investigate supposedly disloyalty amongst American citizens having communist relations. HUAC was created in 1938. A man by the name of Martin Dies Jr. created this concept. -
GI Bill of rights
The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans in 1944. It established hospitals, made low-interest mortgages available and granted stipends covering tuition and expenses for veterans attending college or trade schools. It was passed whenever President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was still in office. -
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was the name for the border dividing Europe into two separate areas (East and West) from the end of World War II in 1945 to the end of the Cold War in 1991. A term symbolizing the efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the West and non-Soviet-controlled areas.The Eastern Europe area was non-Soviet (U.S) and the West was Soviet control. However, there were some regions like Ireland and Finland that were neutral or neither side. -
Baby boomers Generation
Baby boomers are the demographic group of people born during the post–World War II era. (Approximately between the years 1946 and 1964.) This was around the time Soldiers were coming home from war ad starting a new life. A whole lot of people were born during this time. This includes people who are between 53 and 71 years old in 2017. -
Tuman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was designed to contain communism. Harry S. Truman announced that he would give economic aid to Greece and Turkey. “Truman Doctrine” extended to anywhere aid was given to support a non-communist government. It was created in 1947. -
Cold War
The Cold war was conducted after World War Two had ended. It was not a war of physical combat, but of political tension between the countries effected by the war. It lasted all the way from 1947 to 1991.It ended due to the loss of Communist power in USSR which led to it's fall in 1990. -
Containment policy
The containment policy was a U.S policy that's purpose was to prevent communism from spreading. It was a response to the Cold War, specifically to the Soviet Union. It was established in 1947. -
Levittown
Levittown was first developed on Long Island in 1947. It contained Affordable, mass produced housing for the good price of $8,000.
The Highways spurred shift to suburbs and from Rust Belt to Sun Belt. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin airlift was created to prevent West Berlin from falling into the control of the USSR after World War two. The Soviet Union was blockading the parts of Berlin that were occupied and administered by the U.S, United Kingdom, and France. (Allies) It was used in 1948-1949. -
Marshall Plan
April 3, 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed the Economic Recovery Act of 1948. It became known as the Marshall Plan, named for Secretary of State George Marshall, who in 1947 proposed that the U.S provide economic assistance to restore the economy of our allies in postwar Europe. We ended up giving them 13 billion dollars for the cost of support to rebuild after WW2. -
NATO
NATO stand for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's purpose was to form an alliance between North America and Europe. IT was a promise to defend each other against Soviets or communism. It was created April 4th, 1949 in Washington DC. -
Rock N' Roll
Rock and roll was/ is a genre of music that originated in the U.S during the late 1950's. It involved a variety of other different genres like gospel, Jump blues, jazz, boogie woogie, and rhythm and blues, along with country music. In other words, it was a mixture of any different genres of music. It was and still is an all-around likable and popular genre of music. -
McCarthyism
McCarthyism was a campaign made by U.S Senator Joseph McCarthy that spoke out against alleged communists in the U.S government and other institutions carried out in the period 1950 to 1954. Many of the accused people were blacklisted or lost their jobs, although most were not actually involved in any communist activity. This concept was created February 9th , 1950. -
1950's prosperity
In the 1950's, The U.S military was the strongest in the world. Its economy was booming, and the fruits of this prosperity–new cars, suburban houses and other consumer goods being developed–were available to more of its people than ever before. However, the 1950s were also an era of great conflict. -
Domino Theory
The domino theory was a theory during the 1950's to the 80's that explained that if one country fell to communism, then all of it's neighbor countries would also fall to communism. America was very concerned about this. It was none other than President Eisenhower that created this theory. -
Korean War
The Korean war did not only involve Koreans. The United States, China, The Soviet Union, and Korea in general was all involved in this war. It began when North Korea invaded the South, and this was when we came into the picture. We aided South Korea, and China came to the aid of North Korea instead. It began June 25th 1950 and ended July 27th, 1953. -
Beatniks
The Beat Generation was a literary movement created by authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-World War II era. Their work was published and popularized throughout the 1950s. The beatniks were young people who lived throughout the late 50's and early 60's that belonged to a subculture of the beat generation. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower was the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. He also served as an army general. He was Republican and was born October 14th, 1890 and died March 28th, 1969. He also created the Domino Theory. -
Rosenburg Trial
Julius Rosenberg was arrested July 1950, a little while after the Korean War had begun. He was publicly executed, along with his wife Ethel on June 19, 1953, a few weeks before the war had ended. The legal charge of which the Rosenbergs were convicted was vague: “Conspiracy to Commit Espionage.” Espionage is the practice of spying to obtain political or military information. -
Jonas Salk
Joseph Salk was a medical researcher that discovered the first working polio vaccine by testing on one million children with polio. The vaccine was announced as safe on April 12th, 1954. He studied at the New York University School of Medicine. He was born October 28th, 1914 and died June 23rd, 1995. -
Interstate Highway act
The Interstate highway act was a law that authorized the construction of a 41,000-mile network of interstate highways that would span the nation. It was enacted on June 29th, 1956 by President Eisenhower. -
Space Race
The Space Race was a competition held in 1957 to 1975. It was a competition the cold war rivals, Russia (Soviet union) and the United States. It was to prove who was the most capable in spaceflight. -
Sputnik
The Sputnik was the Soviet Union's and even the world's first satellite. It was launched October 4th, 1957 at 7:28 pm. It was about the size of a beachball. This satellite was used in the Space race between the Soviet Union and the U.S. -
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy was the 35th president the U.S. His presidency served from January 1961 to November 1963. He dealt with a lot of the Cuban Missile Crisis stuff. He was born May 29th, 1917 and was assassinated November 22nd 1963. -
Bay of Pigs
The Bay of pigs was a failed invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA. It was conducted April 17th, 1961 and lasted for two days. It led to the reassessment of Cuban policy by the Kennedy administration. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day confrontation between the U.S and the Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missiles lined up across Cuba's border. These missiles were pointed at us and were ready to fire at any moment. It lasted from October 16th to October 28th, 1962- during John F. Kennedy's presidency. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson was the 36th president of the U.S. His term lasted from November 22nd, 1963 to January 20th, 1969. (After Kennedy was assassinated.) He was a democrat was Stonewall, Texas. He also have the "Great Society" speech in 1964. -
Great Society
The Great Society was a set of domestic programs in the U.S launched by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964 to 1965. The main goal of the movement was to eliminate poverty, racial injustice, aged medicare, and to fund money for schools to improve education.President Johnson gave this speech at the University of Michigan. -
Gulf of Tonkin resolution
The Gulf of Tonkin incident drew the U.S more directly into the Vietnam War even thought it was not "their business". The Gulf of Tonkin resolution was an act that responded to the incident of the unprovoked attacks set by North Vietnamese. The resolution was created in 1964. -
Tet offensive
The Tet offensive was involved in the Vietnam War. It was one of largest military campaigns of it's time. It was launched January 30th, 1968 by North (communist) Vietnam forces against the South. -
Vietnamization
Vietnamization was the U.S policy of withdrawing its troops and transferring the responsibility and direction of the war effort to the government of South Vietnam. (Noncommunist). The term was first used in March 1969. It was a term that that President Richard Nixon had come up with. -
Anti War Movement
The anti war movement was a social movement in opposition to a nation's decision to start or carry on an armed conflict, unconditional of a maybe-existing just cause. The term can also refer to pacifism, which is the opposition to all use of military force during conflicts. This concept was created in 1969 when a protestor carried a flag in an anti war-march in West Berlin. -
Moon Landing
The first man-made object to reach the moon's surface was the Soviet Union's Luna 2 mission conducted in September 1959. However, it was Apollo 11 spaceflight that landed the first man on the moon; Neil Armstrong an American July 20th, 1969. -
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon was the 37th president of the U.S. His term was from 1969 to 1974. He was the only president to ever resign from office. (Impeachment.) He was a Republican. He would have been impeached if it weren't for his resignation over the coverup of the Watergate scandal. -
26th Amendment
The Twenty Sixth amendment was the amendment that changed voting policies. It was now illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to vote, instead of 21. This law was created March 23rd, 1971. It was ratified however, July 1st 1971. -
War Powers Act
The War Powers Act is a federal law intended to check the president's power to commit the U.S to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress. The War Powers Resolution was passed by U.S House of Representatives and Senate but was vetoed by President Nixon November 7th, 1973. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam war was a war between North (communist) and South (Noncommunist) Vietnam. The war also involved The United States which came to South Vietnam's aid, and China which came to North Vietnam's aid. Eventually, North Vietnam had won the war April 30th, 1975. It begun November 1st, 1955.
