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G.I. Bill
A Servicemen readjustment Act. Was singed during the war to prevent confusion about veteran's benefits. -
Trinity Test
Scientist successfully exploded the first atomic bomb at the Trinity Test location. It was a goal to develop the World's first atomic bomb. -
Iron Curtain
Was a metaphor, but used in a speech by Wilson Churchill, a former prime minister at Fulton Missouri. It is a notional barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West prior to the decline of communism -
Truman Doctrine
The United States should give support to countries or people threatened by the Soviet Forces or Communism. Announced by President Truman in a speech to congress. -
Second red Scare
Another red scare appeared after the Soviet and U.S erupted from the Cold War. Many thought that the Soviet contained communist, which means they are penetrating the American Society. -
Marshall Plan
Known as the European Recovery Program. Provided $13 billion to support the recovery. The Marshall Plan successfully sparked economic recovery, meeting its objective of ‘restoring the confidence of the European people in the economic future of their own countries and of Europe as a whole. -
Berlin Airlift
A Military Operation to help aid in 1940's with food and other goods to West Berlin. After Germany cut of supply routes. -
Stalin Closes Border
Stalin occupied Germany and prevented all road and rail traffic from entering West Berlin. This blockade was considered as the tipping point in the Cold War. -
Fair Deal
Was an ambitious set of proposals put forward by U.S. President Harry S. Truman to Congress in his January 1949 State of the Union address. New wages, hours, public-housing legislation, and a permanent Fair Employment Practices Act that would prevent racial or religious discrimination in hiring. -
Rock 'n' Roll
Refer to the music of the fifties that evolved most directly into rock and, more informally, to designate the most characteristic form of rock music. Late 1940's to 1950's. -
Albert Sabin
Developed an even better, oral vaccine for polio and used it to allow for the eradication of polio in the early 1950's. -
TV Shows
I Love Lucy, Father knows best, Gunsmoke, and etc. Television struggled to become a national mass media in the 1950s. -
Korean War
It began when the North invaded South Korea across the 38th parallel. The invasion, was the first military action of the cold war. -
Bill Haley and the Comets
Was a American Rock and Roll Band. Was a white band that brought Rock and Roll to the attention of America. -
Polio Vaccine
Dr. Jonas Salk announced a success on testing a vaccine that was against poliomyelitis, the virus that causes the crippling disease of polio. -
Dr. Jonas Salk
Created the Polio Vaccine and developed one of the first successful polio vaccines. American Medical researcher. -
Elvis
Famous Mid 50's-70's. Created a new musical idiom known forever after as rockabilly. Recorded by Sun Records. -
Domino Theory
Governed most of the U.S government. The U.S used the domino theory to show its support of a non-communist regime in South Vietnam against the communist government of North Vietnam. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
“separate but equal” public facilities, including public schools in the United States. Brown v. Board decision helped break the back of state-sponsored segregation, and provided a spark to the American civil rights movement. -
Emmett Till Tragedy
African American from Chicago, is brutally murdered for flirting with a white woman. Two men then beat him nearly to death, gouged out his eye, shot him in the head, and then threw his body, tied to the cotton-gin fan with barbed wire, into the river. -
Little Richard
His first recordings in the early 50's, showed none of the soaring vocal reach that would mark his later singing. His breakthrough came in September 1955 at a recording session at J & M Studio in New Orleans, -
Vietnam War
It was a result of the Indochina War, between France, which claimed Vietnam as a colony. Vietnam war began a continuation, between North and South Vietnam but without significant U.S. involvement. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery. Protest segregated seating, and is regarded as the first large-scale demonstration against segregation -
Rosa Parks
African-American woman, refused to yield her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus. She was arrested and fined. The boycott of public buses by blacks in Montgomery began on the day of Parks' court hearing. -
Little Rock 9
A group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Proposed by Attorney General Herbert Brownell, the Act marked the first occasion since Reconstruction that the federal government undertook significant legislative action to protect civil rights. -
NASA
Stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Started as part of the United State's Government. In Charge of science and tech, dealing with aircraft or space. -
Sit-ins
The nonviolent measures employed by Martin Luther King Jr. helped African American activists win supporters across the country and throughout the world. Sit quietly and wait to be served. -
Peace Corps
A program run by the United States government. The stated mission of the Peace Corps includes providing technical assistance, helping people outside the United States to understand American culture, and helping Americans to understand the cultures of other countries. -
Freedom Rides
Seven blacks and six whites left Washington, D.C., on two public buses bound for the Deep South. They intended to test the Supreme Court's ruling in Boynton v. Virginia. -
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. Cuba, U.S , and Russia was involved. -
March on Washington
The march, which became a key moment in the growing struggle for civil rights in the United States, culminated in Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, a spirited call for racial justice and equality. -
Assassination of JFK
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, is assassinated while traveling through Dallas, Texas, in an open-top convertible. -
Lee Harvey Oswald
Oswald allegedly shot the president and was never able to explain his motive because he was killed by Jack Ruby 2 days after. He was defected to the Soviet Union. -
Jack Ruby
Jack Ruby was a Dallas nightclub operator who spontaneously shot Lee Harvey Oswald. Ruby was convicted of murder and said that he acted out of grief from President Kennedy's death. -
Daisy Girl Ad
Was a controversial ad created by President Johnson, for his campaign. It contains a 3-year-old girl in a dainty dress as she plucked daisy petals in the sun field. -
Selma March
Helped raise awareness of the difficulty faced by black voters in the South, and the need for a Voting Rights Act, passed later that year. -
Equal Rights Amendment
Is an amendment in the United States constitution that guarantee equal rights to everyone, regardless of gender, or race. -
Watergate
This was not a ordinary robbery. It was connected with president Nixon's reelection. Nixon tried to cover it up, then finally resigned from his position. -
Title IX
It was an education amendment act of 1972 that states, "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." -
Roe v. Wade
The US Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision, affirms the legality of a woman's right to have an abortion under the Fourteenth amendment to the Constitution. -
Endangered Species Act
Providing a means for listing native animal species as endangered and giving them limited protection. -
Gerald Ford's Presidency
He was president after the resignation of president Nixon. He was the first unelected president in history. He was left to restore the government, after the Watergate scandal. -
Jimmy Carter's Presidency
Jimmy Carter is the 39th president of the U.S. Failed to respond to high inflation and unemployment issues. Opened relation with China. -
Camp David Accords
Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin sign the Camp David Accords, laying the groundwork for a permanent peace agreement between Egypt and Israel after three decades of hostilities. -
Three-Mile Island
This was an accident caused by a nuclear meltdown. It was the most significant accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history. -
Iran Hostage Crisis
A group of Iranian students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 American hostages. It was a way to raise the intra- and international profile of the revolution’s leader, the anti-American cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. -
Rap Music
Rap music and hip hop created and codified a new language that rose up from the streets first as a cipher for the parties and good times that were going down on every block. -
Robert Johnson
He created a new network, Black Entertainment Television. Johnson continued to improve the lineup, adding talk shows, sports from traditionally black colleges, and most importantly, music videos in 1982, which he received for free from record companies. -
Election of 1980
A contest between incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter and his Republican opponent, Ronald Reagan, as well as Republican Congressman John B. Anderson, who ran as an independent. -
Reagan Presidency
40th president of the Unites States. Raised in small-town Illinois, he became a Hollywood actor in his 20's and later served as the Republican governor of California from 1967 to 1975. -
Space Shuttle Program
NASA launched their first space shuttle on April 12, 1981. Then continues to achieve remarkable endurance through 30 years mission. -
Music Television (MTV)
Music Television goes on air for the first time ever. Initially only for households in New Jersey. Then become an influential source of pop culture and entertainment in the United States and other parts of the world -
Sandra Day O'Connor
First lady to serve in the Supreme Court. Was appointed in by president Ronald Reagan. Served from 1981 to 2006. -
Reagan Doctrine
The doctrine served as the foundation for the Reagan administration’s support of “freedom fighters” around the globe. -
Iran Contra Affair
Was an action, not approved by the U.S. It began in 1985, when President Ronald Reagan's administration supplied weapons to Iran, U.S's a sworn enemy. -
Challenger Explosion
The Space shuttle broke off 73 seconds after liftoff. Ended the 10th mission. Seven astronauts lives and a teacher on-board. -
Technology
Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau, was able to connect hypertext with the internet and create the foundation for what we know as the web today. -
Persian Gulf War / 1st Iraq War
Iran's leader, Saddam Hussein ordered to invade their neighbor Kuwait. Because of this Arab powers such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt called on the United States and other Western nations to intervene. -
Rodney King Incident
He was a taxi driver who became well known after being beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers following a high-speed car chase. -
Election of 1992
Bush and Clinton campaign. For the first time in 12 years, there was more votes for a democrat. Making president Bush win. -
Bill Clinton
Was the 42th president of the United States. Served in Office from 1993 to 2001. Was impeached because of the affair with Lewinsky. -
World Trade Center Attack 1993
Killed six people and injured more than 1,000. 1,200 pound bomb was placed in the garage in a truck. -
NAFTA
The North American Free Trade Agreement. Is an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America. -
Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy
This is the official United States policy on military service by gays, bisexuals, and lesbians, instituted by the Clinton Administration. -
Contract with America
The Contract with America was the conservative action of more than 300 Republican Congressional candidates who signed it. -
Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)
Declared unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court. Committed same-sex couples who are legally married in their own states can now receive federal protections. -
9/11 attacks
Hijacked of 4 planes and planned suicide attacks at the World Trade Center in NYC, Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania. It caused over 3,000 deaths including civilians, officers, firefighters, and everyone on board. -
War on Terror
Because of 9/11, Bush launched a global crusade to root out anti-western and anti-American Islamist terrorist. Then "United We Stand" became the motto for who sought to rebuild America from the destruction of the towers. -
Patriot Act
Act of congress signed by George Bush. Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism. -
2nd Iraq War
Was combined force of troops from the United States and Great Britain invaded Iraq and rapidly defeated Iraqi military and paramilitary forces. -
Hurricane Katrina
The raging storm surge overwhelmed cities levees and drainage canals, leaving 80% of the city under an amount water. Hurricane Katrina approximately caused more than $100 billion worth of damage and reparation. -
The Great Recession
The Great Recession was a period of general economic decline observed in world markets.The scale and timing of the recession varied from country to country. -
Housing Bubble
A housing bubble is a run-up in housing prices fueled by demand, speculation and exuberance. At some point, demand decreases or stagnates at the same time supply increases, resulting in a sharp drop in prices. -
Barack Obama
He was the first African American President and was the 44th president. Served eight years in office and served for the Democratic Party. -
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Was a stimulus package enacted by the 111th U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama. The act was set into motion as a response to the weak economic state facing the country. -
Affordable Care Act (ACA) “Obamacare”
It mandates health insurance for all. It expands subsidies for middle- income families, and taxes healthcare providers and higher-income earners.
