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Dwight D Eisenhower
was the 34th president of the united states -
Ray Kroc
was an american businessman and brought as what we know as mcdonald's to be the most successful fast food operation in the world. -
Lyndon B Johnson
The 36th president and signer of the civil rights act -
Richard nixon
Was the 37th president he is best known to be the only president to resign from office -
Jonas salk
He discovered and developed the first polio vaccine -
John F Kennedy
was the 35th president of the united states and was assassinated in Dallas Texas on november 22 1963 -
Betty Friedan
She was a feminist best known for being one,and was best known for her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique and is often credited with sparking the second wave of American feminism in the 20th century. -
Roy Benavidez
was a member of the United States Army Special Forces and received the Medal of Honor for his valorous actions in combat -
Abbie Hoffman
Was a writer and anti-war professor who founded the yippie movement in the 1960s and became a symbol of radical activism. -
House un-american activities committee (HUAC)
House of Representatives, created to investigate disloyalty and subversive organizations. Its first chairman, Martin Dies, set the pattern for its anti-Communist investigations. -
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 -
GI bill
The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944,known informally as the G.I. Bill, was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans -
Baby Boom generation
Was the highest amounts of baby to ever be born between 1946 and 1964 -
Iron curtain
was the imaginary 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. The term symbolized efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the west and non-Soviet-controlled areas. -
Cold war
The 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. The cold war wasn't really a war because no actual fighting went on and no one really won. -
Containment policy
Was a strategy that was used to try and stop the spread of communism. This happened because of the cold war and giving everyone “the red scare.” This is one of the big things america was afraid of. -
Truman doctrine
was an American foreign policy created to counter Soviet geopolitical hegemony during the Cold War -
Marshall plan
President Truman signed the Economic Recovery Act it became known as the marshall plan. -
Berlin airlift
divided into occupation zones, Berlin was located far inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany -
North Atlantic Treaty organization
is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. -
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. -
1950s culture
The 1950s culture was all about living in the nice suburbs and the Baby boom. The baby boom was where 78.3 million american were born. It was because people were now wanting to have a family and live the american dream after coming home from war. -
McCarthyism
For many Americans, the most enduring symbol of this “Red Scare” was Republican Senator Joseph P. McCarthy of Wisconsin. Senator McCarthy spent almost five years trying in vain to expose communists and other left-wing “loyalty risks” in the U.S. government. -
Korean war
Fighting between north and south korea, america entered the war on south korea's behalf -
Rosenberg trail
This was about a couple who was accused of selling nuclear secrets and turning against our country. The treason could not be charged because the United States was not at war with the Soviet Union. -
Beatniks
was a stereotype in the 1950s and 1960s to characterize the underground, anti conformist youth gathering. -
vietnam war
after the rise to power of Ho Chi Minh and his communist Viet Minh party in North Vietnam, and continued against the backdrop of an intense Cold War between two global superpowers: the United States and the Soviet Union. More than 3 million people (including 58,000 Americans) were killed in the Vietnam War; more than half were Vietnamese civilians. -
Interstate highway Act
liminate unsafe roads, inefficient routes, traffic jams and all of the other things that got in the way of “speedy, safe transcontinental travel.” At the same time, highway advocates argued, “in case of atomic attack on our key cities, the road net [would] permit quick evacuation of target areas.” -
space race
the Space Race was a 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US), for supremacy in spaceflight capability. -
Rock N roll
was a genre of music created in the 60s and was a huge part of woodstock. Rock n roll still lives on today. -
1960s culture
This Era was all about the music and letting go. It was the age of where hippies were starting. One of the biggest music festivals also happened in the 60s which was woodstock. It introduced america to new music and new artists and really a era for standing up for yourself and what you believe in. -
Bay of Pigs
This was a failed invasion in cuba in CIA -
Cuban missile crisis
a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba. nothing ever happened but both sides were scared someone was going to start the bombing. -
Gulf of tonkin Resolution
congress passed this resolution authorizing president johnson to be able to take any measures that he had to too promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
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. -
Miranda V Arizona
addressed four different cases 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
It was a coordinated series of fierce attacks on more than 100 cities and towns in south vietnam. -
1970s culture
Social progressive values began. Vietnam was happening in the 70s which was the start for peace and the anti war movements. Very different social classes were recognized and a lot of protest were happening at this time also, artists were also writing about world peace and all of the war coming to an end. -
Rust Belt and Sun Belt
The Rust Belt area is a region that consists of areas in the Midwestern and Northeastern United States. The areas are particularly defined by cities that have depleted populations and economies by 1970 -
Vietnamization
This 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." -
26th amendment
This amendment gave teens that once they turned 18 and were legal that they could vote and could not be denied to vote either. It’s important because -
1980s culture
Everything was bold and neon and kinda ugly in the 80s. music was over-digitized and commercialism consumed everyone. But the best thing about the 80s was the movies forsure.
