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Dwight D Eisenhower
He was the 34th president of the US. He was the commanding general of the victorious forces in Europe during the World War II.He also tried to eased tension of the Cold War. Died on March 28,1969 -
Mao Zedong
He was the founding father of the People's Repubic of China and was led the Chinese Communist Party 1935 until his death on sep9,1976 -
Richard Nixon
He was the US 37th preident. He tried to cover up some illegal activities by members of his administration in the Watergaves scandle. Died on 22 April in 1994 -
Jonas Salk
He was an American researcher who found the cure for polio and created the polio vaccine. Died on June 23,1995 -
John F Kennedy
He was the 35th president of the US. He was part of the equal rights movement to make America a better place and the best it possible could be. He was later assassinated in Dallas Texas on the November 22 1963 -
Gary Powers
He was an American pilot whose U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying through the Soviet airspace with him side. He died on August 1 1960. -
HUAC
It was to uncover citizens in the US that has ties to the Nazi -
Berlin Airlift
It was a miltary organization during the WWII that involved air carfts bring food and other needed supplied to West Berlin -
War Power Act
Its an American emergency law that allows them to increase Federal Power during WWII -
The cold war
It was a political hosility between countried in 1945 to 1990. mostly between the US and the Soviet Union -
Truman Doctrine
It was the idea that the US should give support to countries that may be threaten by the Soviet Union or communist. With this the Cold War started -
The Marshall Plan
It was where the US gave $13million dollars to Europe to help rebuild its economics -
Vietnan War
was a Cold War conflict pitting the U.S. and the remnants of the French colonial government in South Vietnam against the indigenous but communist Vietnamese independence movement, the Viet Minh, following the latter's expulsion of the French in 1954. -
Domino Theory
It was when one country fell under communist control their neighboring countries would fall under communist control -
Korean war
It started when North Korea invaded South Korea and was supported by the United States and People's Republic of Korea -
The Cuban Missile crisis
It last for thirteneen days. It was a agurment between the US and the Soviet Union about the presence of missie in Cuba -
Great Society
A domestic program in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson that instituted federally sponsored social welfare programs. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
it allowed president Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
Vietnamization
It was when the US withdrawl their troops from Vietnam and giving the responsiblity to South Vietnam. -
Anti-war Movement
It was a time period were many nation was opposed to war around the world -
Ten Offensive 1968
The Vietnamese Communist troops sized and held some major cities during the lunar new year -
Iron Curtain
itsa national barrier that seperate former Soviet from the West cause of the decline of communism
