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Dwight D. Eisenhower
The 34th President of the United States, five star general in Army during WW2, and Supreme Commander of Allied forces. -
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Mao Zedong
He was referred to as Chairman Mao. He was a Chinese communist who was the Founding Father of the Peoples Republic of China. -
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Lyndon B. Johnson
LBJ, The 36th President of the United States. -
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Richard Nixon
The 37th President. He was the only one to ever resign from office , he was previesly US represenative and Senator. -
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Jonas Salk
He was a Medical researcher. He developed the first inactivated polio vaccine. -
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John F. Kennedy
He was the 35th President of the United States. Known as JFK, he served from 1961 until he was assasinated. -
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Gary Powers
Francis Gary Powers, American Pilot , flew the Central Intelligence Agency across the renissance. -
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Roy Benavidez
He was a former member of the United States Army Special Forces and retired United States Army master sergeant who received the Medal of Honor for his valorous action -
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Abby Hoffman
(Abbie Hoffman) He was a social activist who co founded the youth international party. -
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
This was created to investegate disloyalty mainy toward the citizens with Nazi ties, by the house of represenatives. -
War Powers Act
This was alos known as the first war powers act. This was an emergency law that increased Federal Power during WW2. -
Truman Doctrine
Harry S truman made a speech to stop Soviet Expansion during the Cold War. -
Berlin Airlift
This was known as the Berlin Blockade. This supplyed food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin -
Marshall Plan
This was to aid Europe and Asia to help build European economies after World War 2. This was to mostly re build war devistated war regions. -
Containment Policy
This was a policy from the United States to prevent the spread of communism. This was because Soviet Union started spread of Communist. -
The Cold War
This Started after World War 2 between the Untied States and The Soviet Union. This Caused a lot of destroyed superpowers. -
McCarthyism
The practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. Its also the practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques, especially in order to restrict dissent or political criticism. -
Korean War
North Korean People’s Army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south. -
Rosenberg Trial
prosecution of the couple Ethel and Julius Rosenberg accused of selling nuclear secrets to the Russians. -
Domino Theory
1950s-1980s, that if one state in a region came under Communism then the surrounding cou tries would to, like dominos. -
Vietnamization
A policy of the Richard Nixon administration during the Vietnam War to end U.S. involvement in the war and expand equpment and train South Vietnams forces. -
Vietnam War
This was known as the second Indochina war. Communist government take power in South Vietnma, Laos, and Cambodia. This was a long and costly war. -
Iron Curtian
This Is a barrier to understanding and the exchange of information and ideas created by ideological, political, and military hostility of one country toward another, especially such a barrier between the Soviet Union and its allies and other countries -
Anti-War Movement
This was a social movement to start or carry on armed conflict. This is the opposition of no armed forces during these times. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
Agreement with the Soviet Union that the United States would never invade Cuba without direct provocation, also withdrawl of soviets NUclear weapons from Cuba. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
This 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. -
Great Society
This was a set of domestic programs in the United States launched by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The goal was to remove poverty and racial injustice. -
Tet offensive
Vietcong forces launched attacks against South Vietnam, weakening U.S public support for the war in Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh hoped U.S would withdraw.
