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House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
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A committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, investigated comunist activities. They would question people and spread fear about the spread of comunism in the U.S. -
G.I. Bill (Sercicemen's Readjustment Act 1944)
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G.I. Bill was the government's way of giving back to the soliders after the Vietnam war. They recived benefits such as low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, cash payments of tuition and living expenses to attend university, high school or vocational education, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. -
Iron Curtain
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The "Iron Curtain" was a term to describe the imaginary borders sepearting Soviet Union and the rest of the land. -
Truman Doctrine
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President Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. -
Cold War
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The Cold War was the effect of tension between America and the Soviet Union after WWII. There were no large scales fights, but many threats were made. There was paranoia in America due to the fear of Communist spies in America. This was also known as the "Red Scare" -
Marshall Plan
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The Marshall Plan, also known as the European Recovery Program, channeled over $13 billion to finance the economic recovery of Europe The plan is named for Secretary of State George C. Marshall, who announced it in a commencement speech at Harvard University on June 5, 1947. -
Berlin Airlift
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After World War II Germany was divided up into different zones, one for America, the Soviet Union, Britain, and France. Soviet union blocked off the capital, Berlin, and in order to get supplies to the capital the U.S. had to air drop supplies to the people below. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Basically it's an agreement between the U.S. and Europe to defend each other in case the Soviet Union tries to spred comunism to their lands. Eventually other countries joined up, today there are over twenty six different countries have joined. -
1950's culture
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Television became popular, economics boomed, cars and suburban houses were every where and the top demand. Rock and roll became popular as well as teenage "defiance". -
Beatnik
SourceA young person in a social group that was against traditional social norms, and ecouraged people to be expressive via art. -
The Rust Belts and Sun Belt
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The Rust Belt was located Midwestern and Northeastern United States and was known for it's factories. he Sun Belt consists of the warm climate states that make up the Southern third of the Continental United States. The people who flocked to the Sun Belt included workers, immigrants, professionals, and retirees. -
Korean war
This was the civil war for the Korean war, America backed the South, china backed the North. The North wanted communism and was very strict. It ended in a tie with them still being seperate. -
Vietnam war
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The Vietnam war was one of the longest wars we have fased and probably one of the hardest. For the first time ever citizens at home are able to watch the war thanks to television. The war was basically between North Vietnam wanting to spread communism and South Vietnam. South was backed by the U.S. and France, while North was backed by China. North was led by Ho Chi Minh, and South was led by Ngo Dinh Diem. -
Rosenberg Trail
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, an American couple who were executed in 1953 as spies for the Soviet Union. Many belive they were innocent and were just victims in the Macarthyism fiasco. -
Dwight D. Eisen hower
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He was the 34th president of the United States. He also was a five star general in World War II. He tired to keep with the new deal program. He also sent troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to carry out the laws of desgregating schools. -
Jonas Salk
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Jonas Salk was the creator of the polio vaccine, he took inacctive version of the virus and made them into the vaccine. -
Domino Theory
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This theory introduce the idea that if communism spreads to one country it would eventually spread to the rest of the wourld one country at a time. -
McCarthysim
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McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. This started because of U.S. senator Joseph McCarthysim. -
Ray Kroc
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Ray Kroc started out as a salesman and eventually bought the company McDonald's, he applied strict policies for automation and preperation He was the reason that McDonald's became so popular and is found across the world today. -
Space Race
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Continueing on from the Cold War, U.S. and Russia contined to compete this time in a race for space. Russia had managed to get the man-made item in space using the Satalite, Spudnik, but America went all out and sent someone to the moon. -
1960s culture
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This year is defined by it's war, antiwar movement, and music. This was the end of the cold war and the begining of the Vietnam war. Things like the Woodstock festival became increasingly popular, -
John F. Kennedy
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John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States. He delt with the cold war and the Cuban missile crisis. He was the one who announced a naval blockade around Cuba. After coming up with a truce with Khrushchev he promised not to invade, and also to take all of our missiles out of their land. He was eventually assassinated in Dallas, Texas. -
Bay of Pigs
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Cuban nationalist named Fidel Castro drove his guerilla army into Havana and overthrew General Fulgencio Batista, the nation’s American-backed president -
Cuban Missile Crisis
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The leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba. U.S. agreed to Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev’s offer to remove the Cuban missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba. Kennedy also secretly agreed to remove U.S. missiles from Turkey. -
Betty Friedan
SourceSourceAfter losing her job due to being gone for pregnancy, Betty Friedan became a housewife but found that it was not for her. She surveyed women graduates from Smith College about this problem. She found the information to her likings and wrote "The Feminine Mystique". It is credited for finally telling the truth about how not all women want to be house wives. -
Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ)
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LBJ became the 36th president after John F. Kennedy was assasinated in 1963. His main goal was to alleviate poverty and lead America to become what he called a "Great Society". What he is best known for is his unpopular way of leading the U.S. during the Vietnam War. -
Anti War Movement
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The Anti War Movement was a retaliation from the Americans citizens who opposed the war. They protested the draft and any action taken to participate in the war. -
Gulf Tonkins Resolution
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This was congress' way of letting President Johnson gain the power needed to retaliate and promote international peace and security in south east Asia. -
Miranda v. Arizona
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held that the Constitution’s Fifth Amendment prohibition against self-incrimination applied to an individual in police custody or ‘deprived of his freedom of action in any significant way.’ In order to safeguard this right, the Court ruled that prior to being questioned suspects have to be informed of their right to remain silent. -
Abbie Hoffman
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Abbie Hoffman was very active during the American civil rights movement before protesting against the Vietnam War and the American economic and political system. Hoffman's ethic was codified with the formal organization of TheYouth International Party (members commonly known as Yippies). He was later arrested for the use of cocaine. -
Tet Offensive
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The Tet Offensive was several attacks on cities by North Vietnam and the Viet Cong. -
Roy Benavidez
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Roy Benavidez was an American solider in the army who was awarded a medal of honor. Near the begining of the war he had stepped on an land mine, doctors declared that he would never walk again. After self induced physical therapy he eventually gained the use of his legs, and eventually went back to Vietnam. After hear a distress call on the radio he jumped on an helicopter and went back into combat. -
Richard Nixon
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Nixon stepped down in 1974, halfway through his second term, instead of being impeached due illigal activities in the Watergate scandal. Some of Nixon’s good achievements includ making diplomatic ties with China and the Soviet Union, and withdrawing U.S. troops from an unpopular war in Vietnam. -
1970s culture
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This era is defined by it's war, peace, and movies. The most notable wars were the cold war and the Vietnam war. Protesting still continues for peace. This was also a time for many popular movies such as Star Wars, Jaws, Grease, The Exorcist, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Superman, The Godfather, Saturday Night Fever, and Rocky. -
26th Amendment
This Amendment lowered the age for voting. If you were a U.S. citizen you could vote at the age of 18. -
Vietnamization
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Vietnamization was President Nixon's way of removing American troops out of Vietnam. He transfered all troops to South Vietnam in order to build up their strength, so that we could pull out. -
1980s culture
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The 80s are defined by it's wars, technology and music. The Cold and Vietnam war are starting to come to a close. Computers and the internet start becoming popular and efficient. Popular singers such as Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Duran Duran, Prince, and Madonna become well known.
