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Dwight d Eisenhower
When elected President, he was the most popular American; "I like Ike!" button; elected to two consecutive terms in 1952 and 1956. Modern Republicanism---didn't undo the New Deal of the Democrats. Called "The Republican's Choice" along with his vice president Richard Nixon. He was the commander of the allied forces in Europe, the army chief-of-staff after the war, and the director of NATO for two years. -
Ray Kroc
Ray Kroc was an American entrepreneur best known for expanding McDonald’s from a local chain to the world’s most profitable restaurant franchise operation. -
Lyndon B Johnson
Became president after Kennedy's assassination and reelected in 1964; Democrat; signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law, promoted his "Great Society" plan, part of which included the "war on poverty", Medicare and Medicaid established; Vietnam: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Tet Offensive. -
McCarthyism
Accusations against numerous people claiming they were communists started by former Senator Joseph McCarthy. -
Richard Nixon
V.P. under Eisenhower Republican nominee, won re-election also. created the Watergate break ins. Would resign after the Watergate scandal. -
John F Kennedy
president during part of the cold war and especially during the superpower rivalry and the cuban missile crisis. -
House Un-American Activities Committee
The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and those organizations suspected of having Communist ties. -
G.I. bill servicemen's readjustment act
The G. I. Bill of Rights or Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 provided for college or vocational education for returning World War II veterans (commonly referred to as GIs or G. I.s) as well as one-year of unemployment compensation. -
Iron Curtain
Winston Churchill's term for the Cold War division between the Soviet-dominated East and the U.S.-dominated West. -
Baby Boom Generation
was born during the demographic Post-World War II baby boom between the years of 1946 and 1964. too young to have any personal memory of WWII, but old enough to remember the postwar American prosperity. -
Containment Policy
The U.S.A.'s policy to stop the spread of communism. -
Cold War
Long power struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union; waged mostly on economic and political fronts, rather than on the battlefield. -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology. -
Marshall Plan
USA helped rebuild Europe by giving them money. This would increase foreign trade and prevent communism. -
NATO
an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security. -
Korean War
The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea. -
Domino Theory
The theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries, like a falling domino causing an entire row of upended dominoes to fall. -
Vietnam War
Vietnam War was a Cold War military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from November 1, , to April 30, 1975 when Saigon fell. -
Interstate Highway Act
Authorized the construction of 42,000 miles of interstate highways linking all the nation's major cities. -
Sputnik
In October 1957, the Soviet Union surprised the world by launching Sputnik, the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. The resulting outcry in the United States, especially fears that the Soviets were ahead in both space exploration and military missiles, forced the Eisenhower administration to increase defense spending and accelerate America's space program. -
Moon Landing
A Moon landing is the arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon. This includes both manned and unmanned missions. The first human-made object to reach the surface of the Moon was the Soviet Union's Luna 2 mission, on 13 September 1959. -
Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs invasion begins when a CIA-financed and -trained group of Cuban refugees lands in Cuba and attempts to topple the communist government of Fidel Castro. The attack was an utter failure. -
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. -
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. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was a joint resolution of the U.S. Congress passed on August 7, 1964 in direct response to a minor naval engagement known as the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. It is of historical significance because it gave U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorization, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the use of military force in Southeast Asia. -
Tet Offensive 1968
1968; National Liberation Front and North Vietnamese forces launched a huge attack on the Vietnamese New Year (Tet), which was defeated after a month of fighting and many thousands of casualties; major defeat for communism, but Americans reacted sharply, with declining approval of LBJ and more anti-war sentiment. -
Vietnamization
Policy followed by the Nixon administration of gradually turning over all the fighting in the Vietnam War to the South Vietnamese Army. -
War Powers Act
Resolution passed in 1973 requiring the following:
1.) The president, among sending troops into military action, most notify Congress within 48 hours.
2.) Forbids military personnel remaining in one place for more than 30 days. After that, the president most seek the approval of Congress.
