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Korean War
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Containment Policy
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McCarthyism
the practice of making acusatios of subvertion or treason -
War Powers Act
The War Powers Resolution (also known as the War Powers Resolution of 1973 or the War Powers Act -
Domino Theory
The domino theory was a theory prominent from the 1950s to the 1980s, that speculated that if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect. -
Berlin Airlift
At the end of the Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. -
Space Race
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Interstate Highway Act
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, popularly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act -
Sputnik
This surprise success precipitated the American Sputnik crisis and triggered the Space Race, a part of the larger Cold War -
Rock n' Roll
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Jonas Salk
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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Vietnamization
The Nixon administration's Vietnamization plan provided for a gradual, phased withdrawal of American combat forces -
Vietnam War
Vietnam War, (1954–75), a protracted conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam and its allies in South Vietnam, known as the Viet Cong, against the government of South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States -
Tet Offensive 1968
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Rosenberg Trail
The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins in New York Southern District federal court -
26th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age. -
1950's Prosperity
These included a growth in population, increased affluence, suburban expansion, and a greater demand for consumer goods. -
Betty Friedan
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Dwight D. Elsenhower
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Truman Doctrine
With the Truman Doctrine, President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. -
Rust Belt Vs Sun Belt
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Ray Kroc
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Bay Of Pigs
On April 17, 1961, 1400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba -
Marshall Plan
was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $13 billion -
Cuban Missle Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis, the Caribbean Crisis, or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning American -
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
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Moon Landing
The first steps by humans on another planetary body were taken by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 20, 1969. -
John F. Kennedy
Elected in 1960 as the 35th president of the United States, 43-year-old John F. Kennedy became the youngest man and the first Roman Catholic to hold that office -
G.I. Bill (Servicemen's Readjustment Act 1944)
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Great Society
The Great Society was a set of domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. -
Baby Boom Generation
Baby boomers are the demographic group born during the post–World War II baby boom, approximately between the years 1946 and 1964. -
Cold War
The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others). -
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was the name for the boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991 -
Anti-War Movement
An anti-war movement (also antiwar) is a social movement, usually in opposition to a particular nation's decision to start or carry on an armed conflict -
North Atlantic Treaty
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union -
Levittown
Levittown, formerly Island Trees, is a hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of Hempstead in Long Island, in Nassau County, New York. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969, assuming the office after serving as the 37th -
Beatniks