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Anti-War Movement
The anti war movement can be defined as a movement of the people against the action of startin a conflict or war and a movement against the use of military in a conflict or war. It could have began with the war of 1812, because with that time the public opinion started to strictly oppose war. The last protests against a war in the US, that could be anti - war movement was against the War in Donbass in 2014. I think that there is still anti- war movement until the present day. -
Dwight D Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower was born Oct. 14, 1890 and had huge impact on the American Government, military and history. Before becoming the 34th President of the US in 1953, he was a general in the United States Army and was fightin in WW2. He was very succesful in the war. He lead the invasion of France and Germany and was fighting on the Western Front. Because of his success he became the first supreme commander of NATO. -
Mao Tse-tung
Mao Zedong was born on December 26, 1893 in the Republic of China. He was the first Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. He was one of the founding fathers of the Republic of China and belived in Marxist-Leningist theories, which is the ideology of the Communist Party. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson was born on August 27, 1908 and became the 36th president of the United States. He also is known for his initials LBJ, which also can be confusing, because in his family there where a lot people with the same initials. He was from Texas, and a Democrat. He served during the Vietnam War. -
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon was the 37th President of the US and was born on January 9, 1913. Before his presidency he was the 36th Vice president under Lyndon B. Johnson. Until todays time he was the only president that ever resigned office. He did much for the environment, for example a strong eco - legacy. Also he established the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, which supported the protection of the environment. -
Jonas Salk
Jonas Edward Salk was born ion October 28, 1914. He was important in America for his medical research, that made it possible to find ways to defeat the polio virus, which could in the worst case lead to full paralysis. The virus was one of the most dangerous in the world by 1957. The medical research is still important today, because there are a lot of new diseases that need to be defeated. -
John Fritzgald Kennedy JFK
JFK was born on May 29, 1917 and became the next president after Eisenhower in 1961, but was shot and assasinated in 1963. Even in that very short term of presidency there were a lot of events, for example the Space Race, which was a huge event for the US and in space technology and the Vietnam war, which still affects people today. He also was banning Cuban imports which led to the Cuban Missilie Crisis, but before the ban he ordered 1,200 high grade Cuban cigars. -
Gary Powers
Francis Gary Powers was born on August 17, 1929 an became an American pilot in the U-2 program of the US CIA. As the pilot he was photographing military instructions in the Soviet Union. His airplane was shot down in the Soviet Union on a mission. Following to that the u-2 incident of 1960 happened during the Cold War. -
Roy Benavidez
Roy Benavidez was born on August 5, 1935. He would later be a Master Sergent in the US Army Special Forces. Before he started training for the special forces, he served in the US Army in 1952 in the Korean War. In 1981 he was honored by the Medal of Honor, for what he had done in Vietnam during the 6 hours of hell. -
Abbie Hoffman
Abbie Hoffman was born on November 30, 1936. He is an American social activist who founded the social party "Yippies", which means "Youth International Party" along with other people. He was a supporter of the Civil Rights Movement and was involved in anti war protests during the time of the Vietnam War. Today he is a symbol for "youth rebellion". -
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
In 1938 the HUAC was founded to issue Nazis in the United States, later the communism and it made allegiations against communistic activity. In the Cold War the HUAC became very active. The commitee was founded by the House of Representative. -
War Powers Act
The War Powers Act of 1941 was the first War Powers Act in the US. It was signed by President Franklin D Roosevelt at the beginning of WW2, a little time after Pearl Harbor was attacked. to give more power to the federal government during the war time. The act gave more power to the president to take action in what happens during the war. It is also called an emergency law. -
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was a border between the countries that were under control of the Soviet Union, communist control on the east side, and on the other side the countries that started to build their own alliances and believes in military and economy. On March 5, 1946 Winston Churhill gives his Iron Curtain speech, saying that Europe is split in democrats and communists. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was issued by President Truman, because of the Greek Civil War. In that he argues, that if Greek and Turkey get weakened in the War and do not get support from the US, they would become countries of the communism belief and after them more countries would follow. Communism was the greatest enemy to the US at that time. He addressed his Concern to the Congress on March 12, 1947. -
Containment Policy
The Containment policy is a policy of the US government to stop the dissemination of communism in foreign countries, especially Europe and Asia.The policy was created during the Cold War. It was created because of the growing fear of the US that communism could grow bigger, because of the influence of the Soviet Union in some countries. -
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Cold War
The Cold War was a period of time after WW2 were millitary powers fought an inderect war against each other. Especially the Western poweres with the majority of the allies against the Soviet Union in the East. In the time peiod of the Cold war belong some very important events like the Korean and the Vietnam War. The biggest powers of that time were the communist Soviet Union and the democratic USA, fighting indirect against each other. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan, also the Economic Recovery Act of 1948 was signed by President Truman on April 3, 1947. In that Act the US agreed to give foreign aid to Europe and Asia. The main reason for that was, that the US was afraid that they would become communists, if the US does not give them aid. They helped Europe And Asia to an economic recovery after WW2 by spending $13 billion to help rebuild the destroyed economy. -
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Berlin Airlift
After WW2 Germany was divided by Britain and the Soviet Union into east and west Germany. East Germany was controlled by the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union blocked the way to Berlin for the allies, which made it at first impossible to help out with supplies, food and medical care. Because of that the allies in the West organized an airlift, that would open away to help Western Germany. They used the air force to fly supplies into the country on neutral ground and to leave the country. -
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“McCarthyism”
McCarthyism is a political term of the time of the RedScare which already was the second at this time, from 1950 to 1956. Mc Carthyism means being against unfair decisions or treason to narrow down political criticism. It is named after Joseph McCarthy, who was a US senator. The term that was originally used against the senator, is still used today in connection with unfounded accusation or attacks against a person or politics. -
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Korean War
In the time period of the Cold War, the Korean War was a conflict between North and South Korea. After WW2 the north was controlled by the Soviet Union and the US supported the south after Japan surrendered. On June 25, 1950 North Korea started an invasion of South Korea, beginning the Korean War. With US support the south fought back, gaining land back until October, On July 27, 1953 an agreement was made to separate North and South Korea at the Demilitarized Zone. Conflicts still go on today. -
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Rosenberg Trial
The Rosenberg trial was a trial to Ethel and Julius Rosenberg in 1951 after the WW2 and in the Cold War Era. They were accused to have given secret information from the US, that were about the nuclear weapons, to the enemy the Soviet Union. Espionage was a capital crime. On June 19, 1953 the Supreme Court decided to execute both the American citizens into Sing Sing prison, tortuing them on the electric chair until they died. -
Domino Theory
The Domino Theory was very popular in the 1950's until the 1980's. It said that if one country anywhere in the states would become communists then the other states would follow and become communists too. On April 7, 1954 Eisenhower was talking to the people in his famous speech about the communism in Indochina. That was the beginning of the belief of the domino theory in the US. -
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War took part in the era of the Cold War. It is also known as the second Indochina War. North Vietnam (NVA) and the Viet Cong and the rest of the South were fighting. The US supported South Vietnam, because there were anti - communist, but there was a guerilla war fought by the Viet Congagainst anti-communist countries. The US was struggeling at this war at first, because they were used to using bombs to defeat their enemies, which were not very effectife in the jungle or underground -
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Cuban Miissile Crisis
The Cuban Missilie Crisis was a conflict between the US and the Soviet Union, which came very close to escalate into a nuclear war. In October of 1962 the Crisis lastet for 13 days. The Soviet Union had missiles in Cuba, against that the US created a blockede, because they did not want them to attack Cuba and ordered them to take back their weapons. The blockade ended on November 20, 1962 with an agreement that Cuba would not be invaded. -
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Great Society
President Lyndon B. Johnson started Great society in a speech on May 7, 1964 at Michigan University. The political program was a part of Progressivism and stood for fighting against proverty and racial injustice. In the time period when Great Society was popular, also other public programs were launched, that were issuing problems like medical care or urban problems. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Gulf of Tunkin Resolution was passed by the Congress in 1964, with that the US president Johnson was allowed to do anything that he thinks is necessary to keep up the international peace and remain protection from and with southeast Asia and to be sure not to go back into times like the Korean and the Vietnam War. -
Tet Offensive 1968
By the time of New Year in 1968 the communists of North Vietnam worked together with the Viet Cong, to atack the South Vietnamese. South Vietnam and the US, who supported them lost a lot of military and were strongly weakened, surprised by the attack. From this point on, the US was not as strong in supporting South Vietnam and in 1970 completely stopped supporting the South Vietnamese. -
Vietnamization
Richard Nixon started the policy of Vietnamization on April 20, 1970, with a speech. It was a policy to end the involvement of the US in the Vietnam War. Afterwards the government of South Vietnam got the control over the war in Vietnam. When US troops were evacuated from Vietnam, a lot Vietnamese tried to escape with them, to escape the further war, before it gets worse.
