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Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th President of the United States. -
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Ray Kroc
American businessman, who joined McDonald's in 1954 and built it into the most successful fast food operation in the world. -
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Lyndon B. Johnson
36th President of the United States -
McCarthyism
Practice of making accusations without evidence. -
Richard Nixon
37th President of the United States. -
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Jonas Salk
He discovered and developed one of the first successful polio vaccines. -
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Jonas Salk
He discovered and developed one of the first successful polio vaccines. -
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Betty Friedan
A leading figure in the women's movement in the United States, her book Feminine Mystique sparkle the second wave of American feminism. -
House Un-American Activities Committee
Committee created to investigate disloyalty and subversive organizations. -
Baby Boom Generation
Baby boomer is a term referring to a person who was born between 1946 and 1964. In 2017, they are 20% of the population. -
Iron Curtain
Barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West because of communism. -
Containment Policy
Policy that used numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. -
Cold War
A period of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, etc. -
Truman Doctrine
It established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. -
G.I. Bill (Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944)
Law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans -
Marshall Plan
The United States gave over $12 billion in economic support to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II. -
Berlin Airlift
During the occupation of Germany after WWII, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railroad, road, canal, etc. And they would only drop this blockade if the Western Allies withdrew the newly introduced Deutsche mark from West Berlin. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Intergovernmental military alliance, between European countries and the U.S. and Canada. -
1950's Prosperity
The economy overall grew by 37% during the 1950s -
Domino Theory
If one country became communist then in theory the countries around it would became communist as well. -
Rock 'n' roll
Type of music characterized by a heavy beat and simple melodies. -
Levittown
One of seven large suburban developments created in the United States of America by William Levitt and his company Levitt & Sons. -
Beatnik
Stereotype prevalent that displayed the more superficial aspects of the Beat Generation literary movement of the 1950s. -
Korean War
It began when North Korea invaded South Korea. China and Soviet Union were with North Korea, and the U.S. and the United Nations were with South Korea. -
Rosenberg Trial
Trial over the couple accused of selling nuclear secrets to the Russians -
Vietnam War
War between North Vietnam and the government of South Vietnam. -
Interstate Highway Act
It was the construction of 41,000 miles of the Interstate Highway System, costing $25 billion dollars. -
Space Race
Competition between the Soviet Union and the U.S. for supremacy in spaceflight capability. -
Sputnik 1
First artificial Earth satellite launched by the Soviet Union. -
Bay of Pigs
Failed invasion of Cuba. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey with consequent Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. -
John F. Kennedy
35th President of the United States. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Confrontations involving North Vietnam and the United States in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin. -
Great Society
President Johnson's set of domestic programs, his goal was to eliminate poverty, and racial injustice. -
Tet Offensive 1968
A coordinated series of fierce attacks on more than 100 cities and towns in South Vietnam. -
Anti-War Movement
Social movement, usually in opposition to a particular nation's decision to start or carry on an armed conflict. -
Moon Landing
The arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon -
Vietnamization
President Nixon's strategy to end the involvement of America in the Vietnam War by transferring all military responsibilities to South Vietnam. -
26th Amendment
The right to vote. -
War Powers Act
Federal law intended to check the president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress. -
Rust Belt vs Sun Belt
Rust Belt: Defined by cities that have depleted populations and economies by 1970. This area prospered in the late 19th - 20th century with the US's booming steel and iron industries. In the Midwestern and Northeastern United States. Sun Belt: Warm climate states, characterized by being economically boosted by chemical, electronic, agricultural, aerospace, and oil industries, as well as weapons productions for military advancement projects.
