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1973 BCE
War Powers Act
allowed congress to limit the Presidents control over military weapons -
1966 BCE
miranda v Arizona
supreme court ruled that contained criminal suspects, prior to police questioning -
1962 BCE
Cuban Missile Crisis
a confirntation between the US and the Soviet Union. over misslie sites around cuba -
1954 BCE
Vietnamnization
US policy of withdrawing troops and transferring the responsibility and direction of the war effort to the government of South Vietnam. -
1953 BCE
Rosenburg Trial
an American couple who were executed in 1953 as spies for the Soviet Union. -
1950 BCE
McCarthyism
campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions. -
1950 BCE
Korean War
the Korean conflict, fought in the early 1950s between the United Nations, -
1948 BCE
marshall plan
an american initiative to aid eastern Europe, the US gave them 13 billion dollars. -
1947 BCE
Truman Doctrine
the principle that the US would give support to anyone that shall need it due to cummunist countries to help defend against them. -
1947 BCE
containment policy
foreign policy doctrine adopted by the Harry S. Truman administration operating on the principle that communist governments will eventually fall apart -
1946 BCE
iron curtain
a barrier seperating eastern and weaster Europe. keeping information from being traded -
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th president of the united states, was a 5 star general -
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Ray Kroc
an american businessman and philanthropist who join the McDonalds in 1954 and built it into the worlds best fast food joint in the US. -
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Lyndon B. Johnson
36th president of the US. was sworn in when jfk was assasinated -
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Richard Nixon
37th US president. WAS IN OFFICE FROM 1969 to 1974 -
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Jonas Salk
an American medical researcher and virologist, developed the first successful polio vaccine -
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John F Kennedy
35th US President. was barely in office for almost one thousand days and was assasinated in Dallas, TX -
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Betty Friedan
Betty Friedan was an American writer, activist, and feminist. A leading figure in the women's movement in the United States. -
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Gary Powers
an american pilot. was know for the U2 Incident -
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Roy Benavidez
As the medevac chopper landed the wounded were examined one by one. he was a staff sargeant. -
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Abbie Hoffman
Hoffman was arrested and tried for conspiracy and inciting to riot as a result of his role in protests that led to violent confrontations with police during the 1968 Democratic National Convention, -
vernona Papers
is a list of names ostensibly deciphered from codenames contained in the Venona project, an American government effort from 1943-1980 to decrypt coded messages. -
G.I Bill
provided educational and other benefits for people who had served in the armed forces in World War II. Benefits are still available to persons honorably discharged from the armed forces. -
rustbet and sunbelt
Rust Belt area is a region that consists of areas in the Midwestern and Northeastern United States. The areas are particularly defined by cities that have depleted populations and economies by 1970.
Sun Belt consists of the warm climate states that make up the Southern third of the Continental United States. -
cold war
The Cold War was a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Is an intergovernmental military alliance. Organization constitutes a system of collective defence where its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party. -
Domino Theory
if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect. -
1950s Posperity
During the Eisenhower era, Americans achieved a level of prosperity they had never known before. ... Eisenhower himself deserves a good deal of credit for this economic growth -
Beatniks
a young person in the 1950s and early 1960s belonging to a subculture associated with the beat generation. -
Interstate highway Act
law authorized the construction of a 41,000-mile network of interstate highways that would span the nation. -
Space Race
History changed when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball into outer space for the first time -
Great Society
was a set of domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 to 1965 -
Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution
two U.S. destroyers stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam radioed that they had been fired upon by North Vietnamese forces. and the president wanted more troops to be sent in the lend a hand -
Tet Offensive 1968
some 70,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launched the Tet Offensive during the Lunar Year -
Fall of Saigon 1975
Communist North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces captured the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon, forcing South Vietnam to surrender and bringing about an end to the Vietnam War. -
medicaid
joint federal and state program that helps low-income individuals or families pay for the costs associated with long-term medical and custodial care, provided they qualify. -
HUAC
to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and those organizations suspected of having Communist ties.
