Post War America

Dwight Eisenhower.

Oct 14, 1890

President from 1953-1961 and was a commander of the allied forces in Europe.

Ray Kroc

Oct 5, 1902

Was a buisness man who joined Mcdonalds in 1954 and as everyone knows, it is famous untill this day

LBJ

Aug 27, 1908

Took over for JFK after his assassination

Richard Nixon

Jan 9, 1913

Was the 37th president and the only president to resign from office

Jonas Salk

Oct 28, 1914

Discovered and developed the first polio vaccine.

John F. Kennedy

May 29, 1917

On;y served as president for two years because as everyone knows he was assaaainated.

Betty Friedan

Feb 4, 1921

A leading figure in the womens movement

Gary Powers

Aug 17, 1929

American pilot whos plane was shot down during a reconnaissance mission in the soviets airspace.

Roy Benavidez

Aug 5, 1935

Was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in South Vietnam

Abbie Hoffman

Nov 30, 1936

Founded the Youth International Party

HUAC

Apr 7, 1938

To investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities

War powers Act

Apr 7, 1941

Two weeks after the attack on pearl harbor

Cold war

Jul 8, 1941

Political and military tension after World War II with the western and eastern blocs

Venona Papers

Apr 5, 1943

An American government effort to decrypt coded messages.

G.I Bill

Apr 7, 1944

An education beneifit earned by members active duty.

Iron Curtain

Sep 10, 1945

imaginary boundary dividing Europe into two areas.

Baby Boom Generation

Apr 7, 1946

People born between 1946-1964

Truman Doctrine

Mar 12, 1947

Created to counter the Soviets in the Cold War

Containment Policy

Aug 15, 1947

Tried to prevent the spreading of cummunism.

Marshall Plan

May 7, 1948

To aid western Europe

Berlin Airlift

Jul 20, 1948

U.S Britain and Soviet military forces divided and took Germany.

NATO

Apr 4, 1949

Alliance formed for military purposes.

McCarthyism

Feb 9, 1950

Practice of making accusations of treason without proper evidence.

Rust Belt and Sun Belt

Apr 7, 1950

Both increased immigration

Domino Theory

Jun 3, 1950

The meaning of if some country became communist, others would follow

50s culture

Jun 9, 1950

music, Truman and Eisenhower as the presidents. wars

Korean War

Jun 25, 1950

Fight between the North and South of Korea. United States fought for south and /china fought for the north

Rosenberg Trial

Mar 6, 1951

Ethel and Julius were accused of selling nuclear secrets to the russians

Vietnam War

Nov 1, 1955

Known as the second indochina war

Interstate highway act

Apr 7, 1956

Controls the highways

Space Race

Apr 4, 1957

Competition between the Soviets and the U.S.

60s culture

Apr 7, 1960

Kennedy was the man but LBJ was just there longer and took over for his death.

Bay of Pigs

Apr 17, 1961

Failed military invasion on Cuba

Cuban Missle Crisis

Oct 14, 1962

13 day confrontation between the United States and The Soviets.

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Aug 7, 1964

Basically giving President Johnson control to do whatever he thought was nesecary.

Great Society

Oct 8, 1964

A set of domestic programs to eliminate poverty

Medicaid

Jul 30, 1965

Created to improve health across America.

Miranda v Arizona

Apr 10, 1966

inresponse statements

Tet Offensive 1968

Jan 31, 1968

One of the largest military cmpaigns of vietnam war.

Vietnamization

Jun 7, 1969

To train the south viatnamese.

70s culture

Jan 1, 1970

Nixon, ford, and carter were the presidents in the 70s. Nixon was the first president to resign. Drugs were becoming a big deal.

Fall of Saigon

Apr 30, 1975

It was the capturing of Saigon

80s culture

Jan 1, 1980

Ronald Reagan was the main president, Clothing was wild, drugs were still a big deal especially cocaine