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House un-American activities committe
A group fo people who looked for americans that weren't being very american. -
Betty Friedan
A leading figure in the women's movement in the United States -
G.I. Bill
Department of Veterans Affairs education benefit earned by members of Active Duty -
Iron Curtain
Boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II. -
1950s Prosperity
After the war America was doing great, we were the strongest military force in the world and out economy was booming. -
Baby Boom Generation
Group born during the post–World War II. -
Truman Doctrine
made to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. -
Containment policy
Used to prevent the expanding of communism. -
Cold War
A tense time between Russia and America. -
Marshall Plan
American initiative to help Western Europe, the United States gave over $12 billion. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Intergovernmental military alliance based on when they signed the treaty. -
Berlin Airllift
U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. -
McCarthyism
Calling someone a communist without a proper reason, was made by Joseph McCarthy. -
Rock n' Roll
A genera of music made to fight back against the government. -
Levittown
A hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of Hempstead in Long Island. -
Rosenberg Trial
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, an American couple who were executed in 1953 as spies for the Soviet Union. -
Dwight D Eisenhower
American politician and Army general who served as the 34th President of the United States -
Ray Kroc
Built McDonalds -
Jonas Salk
Was an American medical researcher and virologist. He discovered and developed one of the first successful polio vaccines. -
Vietnam War
A fight that put the communists of North Vietnam and its southern allies (Viet Cong) against South Vietnam and its ally, the United States. -
Interstate Highway act
would eliminate unsafe roads, inefficient routes, traffic jams and all of the other things that got in the way of “speedy, safe transcontinental travel.” -
Space Race
America and Russia racing to be the first people to get space travel working. -
Moon Landing
America is the first to land on the moon. -
Anti war movement
The youth of America didn't want to be in the war, so they protested. -
Beatniks
Young person in the 1950s and early 1960s belonging to a subculture associated with the beat generation. -
Bay of Pigs
Failed military invasion of Cuba. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Stand off between Russia and America over Americas missiles launching. -
John F. Kennedy
Was the president of the United States. -
Lyndon B johnson
Served as the 36th President of the United States -
Golf of Tonkin Resolution
Gave President Lyndon B. Johnson nearly unlimited powers to oppose “communist aggression” in Southeast Asia. -
Great Society
Programs with goals to elimination of poverty and racial injustice. -
Tet Offensive 1968
Fired weapons on a national New Year Holiday (ceasefire). -
Rust Belt vs Sun Belt
Is the region of the United States from the Great Lakes to the upper Midwest States. -
26th Amendment
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. -
War Powers Act
The power to check the presidents power to go into war or attack a nation w/out consent from the government. -
Korean war
Began when North Korea invaded South Korea, America backed up South Korea because they weren't communists. -
Domino Theory
Said that is one country became communist the countries around it would follow suit. -
Vietnamization
Richard Nixon wanted to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. -
Sputnik
The first space ship to be launched into space, was launched by the Russians. -
Richard Nixon
Was the president of the United States.
