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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight David Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II and served as Supreme Commander. -
Mao Zedong
He bacame one of the most powerful mans in the world. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
He was the 36th President of the United States. -
Richard Nixon
He was the 37th President of the United States. -
Jonas Salk
Jonas Edward Salk was an American medical researcher and virologist. He discovered and developed the first successful inactivated polio vaccine. -
John F. Kennedy
He was the 35th President of the USA. -
Rosenberg Trail
The Rosenberg Trial is the sum of many stories: a story of betrayal, a love story, a spy story, a story of a family torn apart, and a story of government overreaching. -
Gary Powers
Francis Gary Powers was an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident. -
Roy Benavidez
He was very valourous in the Army. -
Abby Hoffman
Was an American political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party. -
''McCarthyism''
A vociferous campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the period 1950–54. -
HUAC
The House Committee on Un-American Activities was established as a special investigating committee. -
War Powers Act
Was an American emergency law that increased Federal power during World War II. -
Iron Curtain
On the east side of the Iron Curtain were the countries that were connected to or influenced by the Soviet Union. -
Truman Doctrine
The United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations. -
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. -
Marshall Plan
Was an American initiative to aid Europe and Asia, in which the United States gave $13 billion. -
Berlin Airlift
Was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. -
Containment Policy
Was a United States policy to prevent the spread of communism abroad. -
Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea, in which a United Nations force led by the United States of America fought. -
Domino Theory
Was a theory prominent from the 1950s to the 1980s, that speculated that if one state in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect. -
Vietnam War
Was the second Indochina War. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Was a 13-day confrontation in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba. -
Great Society
Was a set of domestic programs in the United States launched by President Lyndon B. -
Anti-War Movement
Is a social movement, usually in opposition to a particular nations decision to start or carry on an armed conflict. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
In U.S. history, Congressional resolution passed in 1964 that authorized military action in Southeast Asia. -
Tet Offensive 1968
U.S. Involvement in the Vietnam War. -
Vietnamization
Was a policy of the Richard Nixon administration during the Vietnam War.