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House Un-American Activities Committee
The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. It was originally created in 1938 in order to uncover citizens with Nazi ties inside the United States, but it concentrated its efforts instead on investigating possible Communist Party infiltration. -
Ray Kroc
Established the McDonalds Corporation. -
War powers act
an American emergency law that increased Federal power during World War II. -
G.I. Bill
The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 known informally as the G.I. Bill, was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans (commonly referred to as G.I.s). -
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was the 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. The term symbolized efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the west and non-Soviet-controlled areas. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Vice president while Harry Truman was president. He was in office from November 19, 1945 – February 6, 1948 -
Baby boom generatioin
Baby boomers are people born during the demographic post–World War II baby boom approximately between the years 1946 and 1964. After the war and the veterans came back, people celebrated and it resulted in more births than ever. -
Rock n' Roll
a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, from a combination of African-American genres such as blues, boogie-woogie, jump blues, jazz, and gospel music, together with Western swing and country music. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy created to counter Soviet geopolitical hegemony during the Cold War. It was first announced to Congress by President Harry S. Truman on March 12, 1947 and further developed on July 12, 1948 when he pledged to contain Soviet threats to Greece and Turkey. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave $13 billion in economic support to help rebuild Western European economies. -
Berlin Airlift
At the end of the Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. Also divided into occupation zones, Berlin was located far inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany -
Containment Policy
A United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. The organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party. -
Cold War
The Cold War was a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc and powers in the Eastern Bloc. -
Beatniks
a media stereotype prevalent throughout the 1950s to mid-1960s that displayed the more superficial aspects of the Beat Generation literary movement of the 1950s. -
McCarthyism
the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. It also means "the practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques, especially in order to restrict dissent or political criticism." -
1950s prosperity
The baby boom and the suburban boom went hand in hand. Almost as soon as World War II ended, developers such as William Levitt began to buy land on the outskirts of cities and use mass production techniques to build modest, inexpensive tract houses there.
Parents also took their children out from public schools and enrolled them to "all-white" schools. -
1950s culture
During the Fifties, mass culture began to dominate in the United States. This accounted for much of the blandness that critics lamented. Television network executives in particular wanted to cater to the largest audience possible, so they shaped their programs to offend the least number of viewers. Television became a big thing to gather the familiy -
Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea, in which a United Nations force led by the United States fought for the South, and China fought for the North, which was also assisted by the Soviet Union. -
Rosenberg Trial
The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins in New York Southern District federal court. Judge Irving R. Kaufman presides over the espionage prosecution of the couple accused of selling nuclear secrets to the Russians (treason could not be charged because the United States was not at war with the Soviet Union). -
Jonas Salk
American medical researcher and virologist. He discovered and developed the first successful polio vaccine. -
Domino Theory
The domino theory was a theory prominent from the 1950s to the 1980s, that speculated that if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect. -
Space race
Competition between the Soviets and the US, for supremacy in spaceflight capability. It was during this competition that Neil Armstrong landed on the moon. -
Interstate Highway Act
Highways was made, so it would be easier and faster to get out of town if they were attacked. -
1960s culture
This was the timeperiod when teenagers become more rebelious; girls started to weat skirts and jeans and people listened to rock and started a party generation. -
Bay of Pigs
intended to overthrow the increasingly communist government of Fidel Castro. Launched from Guatemala, the invading force was defeated within three days by the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, under the direct command of Prime Minister Fidel Castro. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba. -
Miranda v Arizona
Ernesto Miranda was arrested in his house and brought to the police station where he was questioned by police officers in connection with a kidnapping and rape. After two hours of interrogation, the police obtained a written confession from Miranda. -
John F. Kennedy
President until he was assassinated November 22, 1963 -
Lyndon D. Johnson
He was the 36th president of the United States. -
Great Society
The Great Society was a set of domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964–65. The main goal was the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, 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. -
Betty Friedan
American writer, activist, and feminist, and a leading figure in the women's movement in the United States. In 1966, Friedan co-founded and was elected the first president of the National Organization for Women, which aimed to bring women "into the mainstream of American society now fully equal partnership with men." -
Abbie Hoffman
was an American political and social activist and anarchist who co-founded the Youth International Party. December 31, 1967 -
Tet offensive 1968
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launched a coordinated series of fierce attacks on more than 100 cities and towns in South Vietnam. General Vo Nguyen Giap, leader of the Communist People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN), planned the offensive in an attempt both to foment rebellion among the South Vietnamese population and encourage the United States to scale back its support of the Saigon regime. -
Roy Benavidez
was a member of the United States Army Special Forces and fought in the Vietnam War near Lộc Ninh, South Vietnam. -
Vietnamization
A policy of the Richard Nixon administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War through a program to "expand, equip, and train South Vietnam's forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops." -
Richard Nixon
the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. -
Rust Belt and Sun Belt
- The Rust Belt area is a region that consists of areas in the Midwestern and Northeastern United States. The areas are particularly defined by cities that have depleted populations and economies by 1970. Also referred to as the "Manufacturing Belt", "Factory Belt" and "Steel Belt."
- This area is characterized by being economically boosted by chemical, electronic, agricultural, aerospace, and oil industries, as well as weapons productions for military advancement projects.
- The Rust Belt area is a region that consists of areas in the Midwestern and Northeastern United States. The areas are particularly defined by cities that have depleted populations and economies by 1970. Also referred to as the "Manufacturing Belt", "Factory Belt" and "Steel Belt."
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1970s culture
This is the decade of the disco music. This was the new kind of dancemusic, people even took disco lessons. -
26th amendment
The 26th Amendment changed a portion of the 14th Amendment. Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age. -
Vietnam War (fall of Saigon 1975)
Communist North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces captured the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon, forcing South Vietnam to surrender and bringing about an end to the Vietnam War. -
1980s culture
People wore colors, partied and was rebelious. It's kind of a summary of the 60s and 70s together. A lot of more products saw the light of the day.
