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Eisenhower was an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th President of the United State
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was an American businessman. He joined the California company McDonald's
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often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th President of the United States
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was an American politician who served as the 37th President of the United States
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United States virologist who developed the Salk vaccine that is injected against poliomyelitis
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was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States
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was an American writer, activist, and feminist. A leading figure in the women's movement in the United States
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to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and those organizations suspected of having Communist ties.
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A law passed in 1944 that provided educational and other benefits for people who had served in the armed forces in World War II.
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a domestic program in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson that instituted federally sponsored social welfare programs.
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massive increase in births following World War II
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is a geopolitical strategy to stop the expansion of an enemy, Another strategy to prevent the spread of communism
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the principle that the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or communist insurrection.
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The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc and powers in the Western Bloc.
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was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $13 billion
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The Berlin Blockade was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War
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is an intergovernmental military alliance between several North American and European countries based on the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed
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McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence
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a type of popular dance music originating in the 1950s with a heavy beat and simple melodies
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The economy overall grew by 37%.Inflation, which had wreaked havoc on the economy immediately after World War II, was minimal, in part because of Eisenhower's persistent efforts to balance the federal budget.
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s a hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York on Long Island. It is located half way between the villages of Hempstead and Farming dale
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a young person belonging to a subculture associated with the beat generation.
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War was a war between North Korea and South Korea, North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border
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The Rosenbergs were United States citizens who spied for the Soviet Union and were tried, convicted and executed by the United States government
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was a Cold War conflict pitting the U.S. and the remnants of the French colonial government in South Vietnam against the indigenous but communist Vietnamese independence movement.
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The law authorized the construction of a 41,000 mile network of interstate highways that would span the nation.
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was the first artificial Earth satellite the Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit
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is an inlet of the Gulf of Cazones located on the southern coast of Cuba. it was included in Santa Clara Province, and then instead to Las Villas Province
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A confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the presence of missile sites in Cuba one of the hottest periods of the cold war.
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a social movement, usually in opposition to a particular nation's decision to start or carry on an armed conflict
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was a joint resolution that the United States Congress passed in August in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
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North Vietnamese and communist Viet Cong forces launched a coordinated attack against a number of targets in South Vietnam.
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Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., and Michael Collins awaiting ignition of five clustered rocket engines to boost them toward the first lunar landing.
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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
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the US policy of withdrawing its troops and transferring the responsibility and direction of the war effort to the government of South Vietnam.
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is a 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.
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between two rivals, the Soviet Union and the United States, for dominance in spaceflight capability
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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
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the United States Constitution prohibits the states and the federal government from using age as a reason for denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States who are at least eighteen years old
