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Rust Belt vs Sun Belt
Rust Belt is a term for the region of the US from the Great Lakes to the upper Midwest States. it referrs to economic decline, population loss, and urban decay due to deindustrialization. Sun Belt compromises the southern region of the US. it has been substantial population groth since the 1960s from an influx of people seeking a warm and sunny climate, retiring baby bloomers, and growing economic opportunities. -
G.I Bill (Servicemen's Readjustment Act)
The G.I Bill was the Benefits given to returning Veterans after Worl War 2. Some of the benefits received were Education and Training wavers. Many Men were supplied with housing and cars after the war and were relocated in Levittown. -
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was the Name of the boundary line that divided Europe into two regions after Cold War. The Iron gates was created to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the West and non Soviet areas. During ChurchHill's speech he mentioned the iron Curtain as a way to reach out to the British and detach himself from the Soviets -
Baby Boom generation
Right after World War 2 when soldiers came back from war several settled down with theirs significant others. the overproduction of children across the nations resulted in the Baby Boomer. Many people from the baby boomer generation will be as old as 53 to 71 in 2017 -
Cold War
The Cold War was the battle between The United States and The Soviet Union. Their were many causes for the cold war and one of them were the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings that were located extremely close to Russia. America won the Cold War in the year of 1989. -
Levittown
After The War many soldiers were granted a plat of land with a house and a car. Levittown was the name of the suburb region that most families in the 50s settled down. Levittowns were created by William J. Levitt. -
Truman Doctrine
The Turman Doctrine, named after President Truman, established that the US would provide political, military and economic assistance to all domestic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. It was a policy for providing economic and military aid to Greece and Turky because they were being threatened by communism. It was later extended to become the basesof the Cold War policy of containment. -
Containment Policy
Containment was a US policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. It was a doctrin adopted by the Truman administration, operatin on the principle that communist governments will eventually fall apart as long as they are prevented from expanding their influence. -
Marshal Plan
it was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, where the United States gave over $13 billion in economic support to helprebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II. The plan was in orperation for 4 years, beginning on April 8th, 1948. The goal of the US was to rebuild war-devastated regions, remove trade barriers, modernize industries, make Europe prosperous again, and prevent the spread of communism. -
Berlin Airlift
After Germany was divided at the end of WW2, the city of Berlin Lay in Soviet one. They closed all rail and highway routs into the city, but the air corridors remained open. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization was an intergovernmental military alliance. It involved Twelve countries total and was sponsored by The United States. The Main purpose of NATO was to defend each other from the possibility of communist Soviet Union taking control of their nation. -
Domino Theory
The theory that a political even in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries, similar to a falling domino causing and entire row o dominoes to fall. -
1950’s Prosperity
it is now called The Decade of Prorsperity. the economy grew 37%, inflation was at a minimal, There was the baby boom, the suburban boom, and the civil rights movment started in the 50's. the Booming prosperity of the 1950s helped to creat a sense of stability, unity, and contentment in the US, although it was a fragile stated one. -
McCarthyism
Joseph McCarthy, a republican senator, claimed during one of his speeches that communists had infiltrated several government agencies and that he had 205 names of them. The people were already in the middle of the 2nd Red Scare and now that he had spread his McCarthyism, it was a period of intense anti-communist suspicions and many innocent people were accused of communist ties, leaving their lives and jobs destroyed. -
Rock n' Roll
A genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, musical styles such as gospel, jazz, boogie woogie, and rhythm and blues, and country music. It's characterized by a heavy beat and simple melodies. some believe that the first recordings was "Rockey 88" recorded by Ike Turner and his band, but credited to his saxiphonist and vocalist Jackie Brenston. -
Korean War
The war began when North Korea's army (communists) crossed the 38th Parallel and invaded South Korea (non-communist). UN forces supported South Korea for the next 3 years. Eventuallythe war dragged on in a stalemmate, neither side able to gain an advantage and the fighting ended on July 27th, 1953, when an armistice, or truce, was signed. Howeverno peace treaty has been signed, and the two Koreas are technically still at war and are at a standstill until the other side makes a move. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
He obtained a truce in Korea and worked incessantly during his two terms to ease the tensions of the Cold War. He oversaw the Allied forces in Euope, including the D-Day invasion of Frnce in 1944. He was the most famous US Army general of World War 2. -
Rosenberg Trial
Julius Rosenberg was arrested in July 1950, a few weeks after the Korean War bagan. He was executed, along with his wife, Ethel, on June 19th, 1953, a few weeks before the war ended. The legal charge that the Rosenberds were convected was vauge and short: "Conspiracy to Commit Espionage." -
Jonas Salk
While there is still no actual cure for Polio, Dr. ona Stalk invented a way to prevent it. After being appointed head of the Virus Research Lab at the Unitersity of Pittsburg in 1947, he devoted himself to find a way to curb polio. After working with his family as his sample group, a nationwide testing of the vaccine was launched in 1954. SInce he wanted it to be distributed to everyone, he never patented his polio vaccine.His last years were spent searchng for a vaccine to combat AIDS. -
Ray Kroc
in 1917, Kroc(15) lied about his age to join the Red Cross as an ambulance driver, but the war(ww1) ended before he completed training. He then worked as a piano player, a papercup and a Multimixer salesman. He wanted to build a restauraunt system that would be famous for providing consistently high quality food and uniform meathods of preparation. He wanted to serve burgers, fries and drinks that tasted the same in one place as they did in another. -
Vietnam War
The War was a long, costly conflict that pitted the communist North Vietnam and it's allies the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its ally, the US. the war began in 1954, after Ho Chi Minh and his Viet Minh party rose in the North. 3 million people were killed in the war and in January of 1973, the US and North Vietnam made a peace agreement and the war stoped on April 30, 1975. The US Spent more than $120 billion on the meaningless war. -
Interstate Highway Act
President Eisenhower signed it into law. It was the largest public works project in American history at the time, with $25 biollion for the construction of 41,000 miles of the interstate system, which was being worked for 10 years. some of the original costs were diverted from defense funds.They have a direct link to the system. -
Sputnik
It was the first man-made satellite that was launched by the USSR in 1957 and orbited the earth every 96 minutes. The launch of the satellite put a major blow to the U.S.'s prestige and launched with their first satellite a year later in 1958. -
Space Race
The Cold War Space Race was a competition in the exploration of space between the US and the Soviet Union. the race started when the Russians developed rocket technology and lauched Sputnik,the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth, on October 4th, 1957. The US thought that the Russians were spying on them to gain advantages so they sent their own up to watch their satelite in 1958. -
Beatniks
A Beatnik was an individual that didn't abide by the normal society's rules. Due to social conformity many Beatniks were unique and different so they were viewed as Rebels. Beatniks are also seen to be very similar to the modern hippies. -
Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs invasion was a failed militay invasion of Cuba, undertaken by the CIA. in April , the CIA launched what they believed to be a defensive strike: a full-scale invasion of Cuba byy 1,400 traind Cubans. However, the invasion did not go well, the invader were outnumbered bthe troops and surrendered within 24hr. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was one of the breaking point that led to the Cold War. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13 day confrontation between The United States and The Soviet Union. The Cuban Missile Crisis led to America placing a blockade on Cuba which was also known as a "Quarantine" -
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States. JFK was extremely involved with many problems associated with Russia. JFK authorized the Cuban "quarantine" and monitored the Bay of Pig invasion. -
Betty Friedan
With her book the Feminine Mystique, she broke new ground by exploring the idea of women finding personal fulfillment outside of their traditional roles. She also helped advance the women's rights movement as one of the founders of the National Organization of Women (NOW) -
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B Johnson was the 36th president of the United States. He was appointed to take office after the assassination of former President JFK. Lyndon B Johnson was known for his dream of making America a "Great Society". LBJ was an extermely important figure in helping with Civil rights. -
Great Society
The Great Society was created by LBJ to help better the citizens of America. LBJ created many programs like Medicaid and Medicare. The Great society was also created to put a stop on poverty and social injustice in America. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Resolution gave broad congressional approval for expansion of the Vietnam War. During the spring, military planners had developed a design for major attacks on the North, but at that time President Lyndon B. Johnson and his advisers feared the public wouldn't support an expansion of the war. By summer, rebel forces established control over half of South Vietnam, and the Republican nominee for president was criticizing the Johnson administration for not pursuing the war more aggressively. -
Tet Offensive 1968
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launched a coordinated series of attacks on more than 100 cities and towns in South Vietnam. The North planned the offense in an attempt to forment rebellion among the South. Though US and the South managed to hold aff the attacks, news coverage of the offensive shocked the Americans and furthur eroded support for the war effort.Despite heavy casualties, North Vietnam was victorious with the Tet Offensive, and marked the withdrawl of America from the region. -
Vietnamization
After taking office, Nixon introduced a new strategy that was aimed to ending American involvement in the Vietnam War. The strategy involved building up South Vietnam's military strength in order to facilitate a gradual withdrawl of US troops and also prepared the South to take responsibility for their own defense against a Communist takeover. In 1973 US negotiated a treaty with the North and withdrew American troops and declared the Vietnamization process complete. -
Richard Nixon
He was the 37th president of the United States and was president during the Vietnam War, also associated with a water gate scandal. He also led one of the HUAC investigations to bust a supposed russian spy. -
Moon Landing
America claimed its mark on the moon harboring the first man to walk on the moon. The Moon landing ended the Space Race between America and Russia. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. -
26th Amendment
There was a debate about lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 and it began during WW2 and intensified during the Vietnam War when young men denied the right to vote were being coscripted to fight for their country. In the case Oregon v. mitchell, a divided Supreme Court ruled that Congresshad the right to reglate the inimum age in federal elections but not the state and local level. Congress passed the 26th amendmenton March of 1971. The states promptly ratified it and Nixon signed it into law. -
War Powers Act
Congress passed the Resolution in the aftermath of the Vietnam War to address these concerns and provide aset or procedures for both the President and Congress to follow in situations where the introduction of US forces abroad could lead to their involvement in armed conflic. It was designed to limit the executive power to wage war without Congressional approval. -
27th Amendment
It deals with pay raises or decreases from members of Congress. Changes to Congrassional pay must take effect after the next term of office for the representatives, meaning the another election would have had to occur pay raises can take effect. The fact that Congress had the power to set its own salary was something that worried the authors of the amedment and became the 27th amendment in 1992.
