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developed Salk vaccine
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investigated alleged disloyalties of private citizens
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was loans for vets to go to school, start a business, or adjust to a civilian life
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A military operation that brought food and other needed goods into West Berlin
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a state of political conflict using means short of armed warfare
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President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology
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suburban housing development
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to prevent the spread of communism
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was a military alliance between american and european countries
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the economy grew about 37%
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subculture associated with the beat generation.
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a campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy
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Communist North Korea invaded South Korea across the 38th parallel
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a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe
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american couple killed for being soviet spies
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was the 34th president to serve
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became a popular music genre with the introduction of Elvis Presley
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he helped develop mcdonalds into the greatest fast food restuarant it ever was
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to authorize appropriations for continuing the construction of highways
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was a Cold War military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
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any of a series of Soviet earth-orbiting satellites
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a competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union
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a theory that if one country is taken over by a Communist the nearby nations will be taken over one after another
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believes most americans do not want to pull out of the vietnam war would be humiliating to lose
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Central Intelligence Agency landed on the southern coast of Cuba in an effort to overthrow Fidel Castro.
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president during part of the cold war and especially during the superpower rivalry and the cuban missile crisis.
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confrontation between US and the Soviet Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba
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american writer, activist and feminist
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American politician who served as the 36th President of the United States
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war on poverty and civil rights act
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the determination of the president as commander in Chief, to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attacks against the U.S.
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of giving the South Vietnamese government responsibility for carrying on the war, so as to allow for the withdrawal of American troops.
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A series of major attacks by communist forces in the Vietnam War
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Series of protests and marches generally by young americans to remove american solders off vietnamese soil
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when they landed an aircraft on the moon
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other vets come home, have a house, want to start a family
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cities that have depleted populations and economies
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notify congress to deploy troops after 90 days, congress approval needed
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an impenetrable barrier to communication or information especially as imposed by rigid censorship and secrecy
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people 18 and older allowed to vote
