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Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong was a part of the revolutionar change that occured within China in the 20th Century. He was born and grew up in a small village, called Shaoshan, located inside the Hunan Province. Even though his family had to work hard for a living, he thought of his father as a "rich peasant". -
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson became the 36th President after John F. Kennedy was assassinated. He has plans to turn America into a "Great Society" for the people. -
Richard Nixon
Nixon was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from California. He then became elected as the 37th President of the United States. Fighting in Vietnam was able to be stopped because of him. Richard was able to make international relationships with the U.S.S.R. and China better. Nixon was the only president to resign from his office, which resulted in the Watergate Scandal. -
Jonas Salk
Salk researched many things in medicine and studied viruses. During his time, Polio was an epidemic in the U.S. Because of Jonas, we were able to get the first vaccine for it. -
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy was president during the Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis, and Superpower Rivalry. The Berlin Wall wsa also bulit during his presidency. Kennedy took part in the Space Race against Russia, but wasn't able to be the first to get some kind of aircraft into space, Russia was. Kennedy was around to see teh early parts of the Vietnam War. John F. Kennedy was later assassinated in 1963 (November, 22). -
Gary Powers
Powers was a CIA (Centrsl Intelligence Agency) pilot. He flew a U-2 Spy Plane. It was shot down in the Soviet Union (Russia) while flying a reconaissance mission. This caused the 1960 U-2 Incident. -
Roy Benavidez
His full name is Raul Perez Benavidez. He was a master sergeant of the United States Army Special Forces. He retired with that rank. Roy was able to receive a Medal of Honor. He got this for his valorous actions during Vietnam War. -
Abby Hoffman
Hoffman was an American political and social activist. He co-founded the Youth International Party (Yippies). -
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Tet Offensive 1968
The Tet Offensive was a coordinated series of attacks on more than 100 cities and towns in South Vietnam. 70,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces started the Tet Offensive. General Vo Nguyen Giap was the leader of the Communist People’s Army of Vietnam. -
Marshall Plan
United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe. -
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was created to look into suspicously disloyalful actions and subversive actions. They looked into private citizens, public employees, and those organizations suspected of having Communist ties. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower was the famous 34th President of the United States. He was a Republican. Eisenhower was in the miltary and he was a commander during the D-Day invasion who was also a Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War 2. Eisenhower was able to negotiatiate to end the Korean War. He died in 1969. -
War Powers Act
This was originally adopted as a United States Congress joint resolution. This act states that the President can send U.S. armed forces into action overseas only by declaration of war by Congress. -
Iron Curtain
Winston Churchill's term for the Cold War division between the Soviet-dominated East and the U.S.-dominated West. -
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Cold War
This was a political war. It happened between United Sates and U.S.S.R. U.S. was the capitalist leader. U.S.S.R. was socialist leader. -
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Containment Policy
This policy was established by the Truman administration. It was made to control influences made by the Soviet Union (Russia) and bring it back to how it was before World War 2. -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman's policy of giving American aid to nations threatened by communist expansion. -
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Berlin Airlift
The United States and Britain successfullly shipped, by air, 2.3 million tons of supplies to the people living in the Western-controlled sectors of Berlin. This was the act of retaliation to a blockade created by the Soviets. -
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"McCarthyism"
McCarthyism is when you accuse others of showing disloyalty, especially Communistic. Instances not supported by proof or based on slight, doubtfulness, or unrelated evidence established by the Senator Joseph McCarthy. -
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Korean War
Soldiers from the UN fought to protect South Korea from being taken over by North Korea, who is communist. This was a conflict during the cold war. This ended the deadlock in Korea. -
Domino Theory
The political theory that iany country that is neighbors with a communist country will eventually become one. -
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Vietnam War
This was the war between North and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was being supported by other communist groups. The United States helped South Vietnam. -
Rosenberg Trial
This trial was between Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. It happened in the New York Southern District federal court. Irving R. Kaufmanwas the judge for this trial. He watched over the prosecution of the couple accused of selling nuclear secrets to the Russians. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
The United States was on the verge of going into nuclear war with Soviet Union (Russia). President Kennedy insisted that Nikita Khrushchev remove the 42 missiles that he secretly had. Khrushchev kept them hidden in Cuba. The Soviets eventually got rid of them. Nuclear war was avoided and the Crisis ended. -
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Great Society
The Great Society was a set of domestic programs in the United States. These programs were created by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The Great Society was made to get rid of poverty and racial injustice. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed by Congress. It allowed President Johnson to take any measures he thought were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of peace and security in Southeast Asia. -
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Anti-War Movement
The anti-war movement against U.S. being involved in the Vietnam War began in small areas of peace activists and leftist academics on college campuses. It gained national prominence in 1965. That was after the U.S started bombing North Korea. -
Vietnamization
The Richard Nixon administration established a policy during the Vietnam War. It was made to end U.S. involvement in the war. It reduced the troops involved in the Vietnam War. Basically, we pushed teh Vietnamese to fight for theirselves.
