Post War America Key Terms

By jorcoleman@leisdstudent.ws

  • Dwight D Eisenhower

    34th President of the united states. 5 Star general of the United states during WWII.

  • Ray Kroc

    American businessman and philanthropist. Built the most successful fast food operation in the world.

  • Richard Nixon

    37th United States President. He became the only president to resign from office.

  • Jonas Salk

    American medical researcher and virologist. Discovered and developed the first Polio vaccine

  • John F. Kennedy

    35th president of the United States. Served until his assassination.

  • Gary Powers.

    American Pilot who's "U-2" plane was shot down while in a recon mission.

  • Roy Benavidez

    Retired U.S. army master sargent who recieved the Medal of Honor.

  • Abbie Hoffman

    American politician and activist and anarchist. Co-founded the Youth International party.

  • Betty Friedan

    American writer, activist, and feminist. Leading figure in the women's movement.

  • War powers act

    Emergency law that increased federal power during World War II.

  • Venona Papers

    List of names from the Venona project.

  • Iron Curtain

    Imaginary boundary dividing europe into 2 separate areas after World war II.

  • Baby Boom generation

    People in the "Baby Boom" of the years between 1946 and 1964

  • Truman Doctrine

    American Foreign policy created to counter geopolitical hegemony during Cold war.

  • Cold War

    State of political and military tension after Wold War II between the Western and Estern Bloc.

  • Berlin Airlift

    British and Soviet militaries divided and occupied Germany. We were using planes to ger goods past the blockade via airlift.

  • Rock n Roll

    Famous type of music that started in the 1950's and became popular in the 1970's.

  • Domino theory

    Theory prominent from the 1950's to the 1980's. If one country fell to communism, the rest would have a domino effect.

  • McCarthyism

    Practice of making accusations of treason without regard of evidence.

  • Bay of Pigs

    Failed military invasion of Cuba undetaken by the CIA group Brigade.

  • Cuban missile Crisis.

    Also known as the "October Crisis", was a 13-day confrontation between the U.S and the Soviet Union.

  • Great Society

    Set of domestic programs the U.S. launched. The goal was to eliminate poverty.

  • Gulf of Tonkin resolution

    Authorized president Johnson to take measures he believed were necesarry.

  • Medicare

    National insurance program enforced by the U.S. government since 1966

  • Marshall Plan

    American Initiative to aid west Europe. We gave them 13 Billion.

  • Containment policy

    Policy using numerous strategies to prevent a spread of communism.

  • Rosenberg Trial

    A couple was accused of selling nuclear secrets to Russians. Could not be charged with treason because a war was not under way.

  • Korean War

    War between North and South Korea.

  • Vietnamization

    Policy that Nixon administrated to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.