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HUAC
was created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens public employees and those organizations suspected of having Communist ties. -
G.I Bill
Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 22, 1944, this act also known as the GI Bill provided veterans of the Second World War funds for college education unemployment insurance and housing. -
Iron curtain
The Iron Curtain was the name for the 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. -
baby boom generation
Baby Boomers are the demographic cohort following the Silent Generation. There are varying timelines defining the start and the end of this cohort; demographers and researchers typically use birth years. -
containment policy
Containment 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. -
jonas salk
Salk took a position at University of Pittsburgh, where he began conducting research on polio, also known as infantile paralysis. By 1951, Salk had determined that there were three distinct types of polio viruses and was able to develop a "killed virus" vaccine for the disease. -
Cold war
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. -
truman doctrine
the principle that the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or communist insurrection. First expressed in 1947 by US President Truman in a speech to Congress seeking aid for Greece and Turkey, the doctrine was seen by the communists as an open declaration of the Cold War. -
domino theory
The Cold War “containment" notion was born of the Domino Theory, which held that if one country fell under communist influence or control, its neighboring countries would soon follow. Containment was the cornerstone of the Truman Doctrine as defined by a Truman speech on March 12, 1947. -
marshall plan
A program by which the United States gave large amounts of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after the devastation of World War II. -
berlin airlift
berlin airlift it was clear that the Soviet blockade of West Berlin had failed. It had not persuaded West Berliners to reject their allies in the West, nor had it prevented the creation of a unified West German state. -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between several North American and European countries based on the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949. -
McCarthyism
McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence -
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 African American musical styles such as gospel, jump blues, jazz, boogie woogie, and rhythm and blues, along with country music. -
1950's prosperity
more people get luxury things and have more good things. -
korean war
the korean war was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border. -
rosenberg trail
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were United States citizens who spied for the Soviet Union and were tried, convicted and executed by the United States government. they were found guilt on 1951. -
dwight d Eisenhower
he was an american army general that served as the 34th president of the U.S. from 1953-1961 -
vietnam war
also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia -
interstate highway act
It took several years of wrangling, but a new Federal-Aid Highway Act passed in June 1956. The law authorized the construction of a 41,000-mile network of interstate highways that would span the nation. It also allocated $26 billion to pay for them. -
space race
The Space Race Begins. It is 1957 and the U.S. and the Soviet Union are locked into the Cold War. The Soviet Union has just launched the world's first satellite, Sputnik. Fearful of Soviet military control of space, the Americans quickly ready a rocket. -
sputnik
The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball weighed only 83.6 kg. or 183.9 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. -
bay of pigs
The location of a failed attempt by Cuban exiles to invade Cuba in 1961. -
cuban missile crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis of 1962, the Caribbean Crisis, or the Missile Scare was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning. -
betty friedan
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 for Women -
John F Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy commonly referred to by his initials JFK was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969, assuming the office after having served. -
great society
the Great Society was a set of domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964–1965. The main goal was the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. -
gulf of tonkin resolution
was a joint resolution that the United States Congress passed on August 7, 1964, in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident. -
tet offensive 1968
North Vietnamese and communist Viet Cong forces launched a coordinated attack against a number of targets in South Vietnam. The Tet Offensive played an important role in weakening U.S. public support for the war in Vietnam. -
Moon landing
A moon landing is the arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the moon. -
rust belt vs sun belt
The Rust 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
Vietnamization of the war 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 Vietnamese forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops." -
war powers act
war powers act 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. -
richard nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was an American politician who served as the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 until 1974 when he resigned from office the only U.S. president to do so.
