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dwight d eisenhower
was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe -
Ray Kroc
was an American businessman and philanthropist. He joined McDonald's in 1954 and built it into the most successful fast food operation in the world -
Lyndon B Johnson
was the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969, assuming the office after serving as the 37th Vice President of the United States under President John F. Kennedy, from 1961 to 1963 -
Richard Nixon
was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974 when he became the only U.S. president to resign the office. -
Jonas Salk
was an American medical researcher and virologist. He discovered and developed the first successful polio vaccine. -
John F Kennedy
was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. -
Betty Friedan
was an American writer, activist, and feminist. A leading figure in the women's movement in the United States, her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique -
Roy Benavidez
was a member of the United States Army Special Forces and retired United States Army master sergeant who received the Medal of Honor for his valorous actions in combat near Lộc Ninh, South Vietnam on May 2, 1968 -
Abbie Hoffman
was an American political and social activist and anarchist who co-founded the Youth International Party -
House Un American Activities Committee
created to investigate disloyalty and subversive organizations. Its first chairman, Martin Dies, set the pattern for its anti-Communist investigations. -
Rock N' Roll
is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, from a combination of African-American genres such as blues, boogie-woogie, jump blues, jazz, and gospel music, together with Western swing -
War Powers Act
The War Powers Act of 1941, also known as the First War Powers Act, was an American emergency law that increased Federal power during World War II. The act was signed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and put into law on December 18, 1941, less than two weeks after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. -
G.I Bill
A law passed in 1944 that provided educational and other benefits for people who had served in the armed forces in World War II. Benefits are still available to persons honorably discharged from the armed forces. -
Rust Belt And Sun Belt
Rust Belt was a city were everyone live, and most people didn't leave the city because they had no money. The ones who left had money and left the city -
Baby Boom generation
are people born during the demographic post–World War II baby boom approximately between the years 1946 and 1964. -
Truman Doctrine
the United States would intervene, on a global basis, to prevent Communism from spreading. The central idea was called "containment" - containing the Communists in Eastern Europe (and later China). -
Cold War
was a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc and powers in the Eastern Bloc. Historians do not fully agree on the dates -
Marshall plan
was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave $13 billion (approximately $130 billion in current dollar value as of March 2016) in economic support to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War -
Berlin Airlift
At the end of the Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. Also divided into occupation zones, Berlin was located far inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany -
North Atlantic Treaty Oragnization
also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949 -
McCarhyism
s the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. It also means "the practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques, especially in order to restrict dissent or political criticism." -
Beatniks
a young person in the 1950s and early 1960s belonging to a subculture associated with the beat generation. -
Suburbs
baby boom and the suburban boom went hand in hand. Almost as soon as World War II ended. These houses were perfect for young families–they had informal “family rooms,” open floor plans and backyards–and so suburban developments earned nicknames like “Fertility Valley” and “The Rabbit Hutch. -
1950s Culture
•Color TV Introduced
•South Africans Forced to Carry ID Cards Identifying Race
•Truman Signs Peace Treaty With Japan, Officially Ending
Disneyland Opens
•Emmett Till Murdered
•James Dean Dies in Car Accident
•McDonald's Corporation Founded
•Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat on a Bus
•Warsaw Pact Signed
Dr. Seuss Publishes The Cat in the Hat
•European Economic Community Established
•Soviet Satellite Sputnik Launches Space Age
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Korean War
was a war between North and South Korea, in which a United Nations force led by the United States fought for the South, and China fought for the North, which was also assisted by the Soviet Union. Wikipedia -
Rosenberg Trial
The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins in New York Southern District federal court. Judge Irving R. Kaufman presides over the espionage prosecution of the couple accused of selling nuclear secrets to the Russians -
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. -
Interstate Highway Act
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, popularly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act (Public Law 84-627), was enacted on June 29, 1956, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law. -
Space Race
the competition between nations regarding achievements in the field of space exploration. Was a 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union and the United States, for supremacy in spaceflight capability. -
1960s culture
News, Events, Popular Culture and Prices. The Sixties dominated by the Vietnam War, Civil Rights Protests, the 60s also saw the assassinations of US President John F Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Cuban Missile Crisis, and finally ended on a good note when the first man is landed on the moon . -
Bay of pigs
known in Latin America as Invasión de Playa Girón, was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961 -
Containment Policy
was a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. A component of the Cold War, this policy was a response to a series of moves by the Soviet Union to enlarge its communist sphere of influence in Eastern Europe, China, Korea, and Vietnam. -
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 Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba -
Great Society
was a set of domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964–65. The main goal was the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. -
Gulf Of Tonkin Resoulution
Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
Miranda V. Arizona
was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court. In a 5-4 majority, the Court held that both inculpatory and exculpatory statements -
Tet Offensive
was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War, launched on January 30, 1968, by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam against the forces -
1970s Culture
london Bridge Brought to the U.S.
United Kingdom Changes to Decimal System for Currency
VCRs Introduced
M*A*S*H T.V. Show Premiers
Mark Spitz Wins Seven Gold Medals
Pocket Calculators Introduced
Terrorists Attack at the Olympic Games in Munich
Watergate Scandal Begins
Roe vs Wade Legalizes Abortion in the U.S.
Paul Getty Kidnapped
Sears Tower Built
Skylab, America's First Space Station, Is Launched
U.S. Pulls Out of Vietnam
U.S. Vice President Resigns
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Vietnamization
was a policy of the Richard Nixon administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War through a program to "expand, equip, and train South Vietnam's forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops." -
Anit War Movement Include
David Rosenberg.
Mary Ann Vecchio screams as she kneels over the body of Jeffrey Miller* during an anti-war demonstration at Kent State University, Ohio, May 4, 1970. Four students were killed when Ohio National Guard troops fired at some 600 anti-war demonstrators -
26th Amendment
changed a portion of the 14th Amendment. Section 1. 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. -
Vietnam war
was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People’s Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam. The event marked the end of the Vietnam War and the start of a transition period to the formal reunification of Vietnam under the Socialist Republic. -
1980s Culture
Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington state.
John Lennon is shot and dies.
The popular video arcade game "Pac-Man" is released.
Ronald Reagan is elected as the President of the United States.
The United States boycotts the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.
Lady Diana Spencer and Charles the Prince of Wales are married.
The cable network MTV (Music Television) is launched.
The AIDS virus is identified in the United States by scientists.
Anwar Sadat, the Egyptian President, is assassinated.
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Iron Curtain
the notional barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West prior to the decline of communism that followed the political events in eastern Europe in 1989.
