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ray kroc
created mcdonalds -
G.I Bill ( servicemen readjustment act 1944 )
was signed into law. During the war, politicians wanted to avoid the postwar confusion about veterans' benefits that became a political football . -
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 -
baby boom generation
demographic group born during the post–World War II baby boom, -
iron curtain
barrier separating former soviet union and the west prior to the decline of communism -
truman doctrine
President Harry S. Truman presented this address before a joint session of Congress. His message asked Congress for $400 million in military and economic assistance for Turkey and Greece. -
cold war
the significance of the cold war was that the United States emerged as the sole superpower in the world and capitalism trumped communism. -
containment policy
attempted to stop the spread of communism -
marshall plan
was an American initiative to aid Western Europe the U.S gave over $12 billion in economic support to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War 2 -
Berlin Airlift
prevented berlin from falling into the soviet union after ww2
The Soviet Union was blocking the parts of Berlin that were occupied and administered by the U.S , Great Britain and France. -
north atlantic treaty organization
intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty -
McCarthyism
practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without any regard for evidence -
Rock n' Roll
originated in the U.S
rhythm of blues and country music helped create this -
levittown
more homes made and schools -
korean war
North Korea invaded South Korea
US aided South Korea
China aided North Korea
soviet union helped some -
1950's prosperity
economy grew 37% overall -
rosenberg trial
prosecution of the couple accused of selling nuclear secrets to the russians -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th pres. served 2 terms -
vietnamization
end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War through a program to expand, equip, and train South Vietnam's forces and assign to them increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops. -
beatniks
media stereotype that displayed more superficial aspects of the Beat Generation literary movement -
Domino theory
a theory that a political event in one country will cause the same events in surrounding countries like one domino falling making all the others do the same -
jonas salk
discovered that there were three distinct types of polio viruses and they was able to develop a "killed virus" vaccine for the disease. -
vietnam war
french claimed Vietnam as a colony, and the communist forces then known as Viet Minh -
Interstate highway act
The law authorized the construction of a 41,000-mile network of interstate highways that would span the nation. -
sputnik
was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit. It was a polished metal sphere, with four outside radio antennas to broadcast radio pulses. -
space race
competition between two Cold War rivals the Soviet Unionnand the U.S. for supremacy in spaceflight capability. -
bay of pigs
1400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba -
cuban missile crisis
was a direct 13 day and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict. -
Betty Friedan
womens roles were changed
her book which explored the causes of the frustrations of modern women in traditional roles. -
JFK
was the 35th President of the United States the youngest man elected to the office when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office JFK was assassinated in Dallas ,Texas becoming also the youngest President to die -
Lyndon B. Johnson
vice president as JFKs running mate
after jfk died johnson was sworn into presidency with a vision to build a " great society " for the american people -
great society
a set of domestic programs in the United States The main goal was the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. -
gulf of tonkin resolution
was a joint resolution that the U.S Congress passed in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident. -
anti war movement
a social movement to start or carry on armed conflict also used all military force if needed -
tet offensive 1968
one of the largest military campaigns
coordinated series of fierce attacks on more than 100 cities and towns in South Vietnam. -
moon landing
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two humans on the Moon -
rust belt vs sun belt
RUST BELT economic decline, population loss, and urban decay due to the shrinking of its once-powerful industrial sector.
SUN BELT a strip of territory receiving a high amount of sunshine. -
26th amendment
gave the right to vote to many who was 18 years or older -
war powers act
is a federal law made to check the president's power to commit the US to an armed conflict without U.S. Congress knowing or approving it -
richard nixon
37th president known as the president to resign
