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Betty Friedan
American feminist, activist and writer. Best known for starting the "Second Wave" of feminism through the writing of her book "The Feminine Mystique. She founded the National Organization for Women. -
Roy Benavidez
A war hero of Vietnam, who had been presented with the Congressional Medal of Honor by Reagan. -
HUAC
Stands for The House Committee on Un-American Activities -
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War Powers Act
stated that the president must report to Congress within 2 days of putting troops in danger in a foreign country. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
He was the master organizer of the D-Day invasion in Europe. The Republicans liked this President because he was Republican and he was the popular hero of WWII -
G.I. Bill
provided for college or vocational education for returning World War II veterans. -
Baby Boom Generation
large increase in the birhrate from the late 1940's through the early 1960's. -
Iron Curtain
Winston Churchill's term for the Cold War division between the Soviet-dominated East and the U.S.-dominated West. -
Cold War
Intense conflict between the US and the USSR that never actually resulted in the two countries fighting each other -
Cointaiment Policy
This was created by George Kennan in order to stop the expansion of the USSR communist ways -
Truman Doctrine
The doctrine states that the U.S. will provide finiancial or economic aid in order to prevent the spread of communism -
Marshall Plan
The U.S. helped rebuild Europe by giving them money. This would increase foreign trade and prevent communism. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
The US president who sent soldiers to Vietnam because his goal was to stop the spread of communism. -
Berlin Airlift
Berlin Airlift Truman ordered the beginning of the Berlin Airlift to supply city with food, fule, etc. for 10 months. -
NATO
NATO is a military and defense alliance formed by 12 countries in Western Europe and North America. And the first peace time alliance in US History . It's purpse is to protect its members from a
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Rock n' Roll
A genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940's and early 1950's -
Beatniks
A group of rebellious writers. They advertised spontaneity, use of drugs, and rebellion against social standards -
!950's Prosperity
Suburbanism: The movement of many people away from the cities and into newly formed communities just outside the cities White Flight : term denoting a trend wherein whites leave urban communities as the minority -
Cultures
1950's : Consumerism, Television, Rock n' Roll, beatniks !960's: Space, LBJ, Cuban Missile Crisis, Jimi Hendrix 1970's: catorgorized as the "bad period" between this decade 1980's : star wars, Aids, fall of Berlin wall, MTV -
Korean War
IIt began when South Korea invaded North Korea. South Korea supported communism -
Richard Nixon
President during the Rosenburg Trial. The Rosenburgs were convited of being spies for the soviets. -
Jonas Salk
Salk was an American biologist and physician best known for the research and development of a killed-virus polio vaccine. He announces the vaccine March 26, 1953 -
Ray Kroc
Ray Kroc was a salesman that turned a small eatery into the McDonalds mega-franchise. -
Dominio Theory
It is A foreign policy during the 1950s to 1980s that states if one one land in a region came under the influence of communism, then surrounding countreis would follow. -
McCarthyism
Unfair accusations of communism. Nickenamed from Joseph McCarthy who was notorious for these unfair accusations -
Verona Papers
decoding messages sent by soviet union -
Rosenberg Trial
Involved Julius and Ethel Rosenberg who were American communists. They were executed for passing nuclear weapons secrets to the USSR. -
Interstate Highway Act
Eisenhower created a 20 yr plan to build 41,000 mi of highway, largest public works project in history. -
Space Race
People saw the launching of the Russian satellite Sputnik, as an American loss. This lead to Americans having a desire to futher techonology. -
Abbie Hoffman
Abbie Hoffman opposed the Vietnam War & conformity. Founder of a protest group called the "Yipppies" -
Frrancis Gary Powers
American pilot that is shot down over the Soviet Union. US had been sending spy planes over Russia for over 3 and a half years; When this plane is shot down. -
Bay of Pigs
Operation to overthrow Fidel Castro but it fails -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A period in 1962 in which the Soviet Union had placed nuclear missiles in Cuba to annoy and scare the United States. -
John F. Kennedy
President of the U.S. during the Cuban Missle Crisis. He and ExCom decided they would employ the U.S. Navy to establish a blockade, or quarantine, of the island to prevent the Soviets from delivering additional missiles and military equipment. -
Anti War Movement
a student protest that started as the Free Speech movement in California and spread around the world. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
President LBJ had unlimited power to send U.S troops into Vietnam for protection -
Great Society
President Johnson called his version of the Democratic reform program the Great Society. In 1965, Congress passed many Great Society measures, including Medicare, civil rights legislation, and federal aid to education. -
Medicaid
It is a federal and state assistance program that pays for health care services for people who cannot afford them -
Medicare
a federal insurance program for persons over the age of 65 and qualified disabled or blind persons regardless of income. It was created by LBJ -
Miranda V Arizona
Ernesto Miranda was arrested by Phoenix police for kidnapping and raping a woman. -
Tet Offensive
North Vietnamese forces launched a huge attack on the Vietnamese New Year. -
Rust Belt and Sun Belt
Rust belt: A region where it was mostly manufacturing. People probably moved there for job opportunities Sun Belt: The economy there is composed of electronic, agricultural, aerospace, and oil industries. There targed people wanting to move here would mostly be immigrants -
Vietnamization
Policy made by president Nixon. Ends U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. by removing american troops from Vietnam -
Vietnam War and The Fall of Saigon
vietnamese from the south try to flee the country snd the city is renamed ho chi minh city -
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