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house un-american activities committee
It was created to investigate subversive and disloyalty organizations.They would private alleged investigate citizens and public employees. -
G.I. Bill Servicemen's Readjustment
It provided a returning of variety for the benefits veterans from world war 2. -
Containment Policy
A united states policy using lots of strategies to prevent the spread of communism.This policy was a response to a lot of moves by the soviet union.They didn't want communism to spread to Eastern Europe, China, Korea, and Vietnam. -
Baby boom generation
It was a term referring to a person who was born between 1946 and 1964.It makes up a significant impact on the economy. -
iron curtain
A barrier to understanding and the exchange of information and ideas created by military hostility and many other things between the two countries. This was forwards the soviet union mainly. -
Cold War
It was a time where we were in political hostility between the soviet union.This involved threats, propagande and other things that kept the U.S on edge -
levittown
This is the name of seven large suburban developments created in the united states. -
truman doctrine
An american foreign policy created to counter soviet expansion during the cold war.It was announced to the congress by President Truman.It was to help support countries threatened by soviet forces. -
Marshall plan
An american initiative to aid western Europe in which the united states gave over $12 billion in the economic support to help rebuild the western european economics. -
Berlin Airlift
A military operation in the late 1940s that brought supplies foods and goods into west Berlin by air after the government had cut off supply to them. -
north atlantic treaty organization
It is an Atlantic military alliance based on the north atlantic treaty which was signed on April 4 1949. -
Rock n Roll
a type of popular dance music that originated in the 1950s, characterized by a heavy beat and simple melodies. -
1950s prosperity
The economy overall grew during the 1950s inflation which had wreaked havoc on the economy immediately after world war 2. -
beatniks
It was a media stereotype that displayed more superficial aspects of the beat generation literary movement. -
Mccarthyism
The practice of making accusation of spying or treason without proper regard for evidence. -
Korean War
It was fought in the early 1950s between the united nations. It was supported by the United States and the communist democratic peoples republic of korea. The war began with the invasion of south Korea -
Rosenberg Trail
It was a court case involving Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. They were an american couple who were executed in 1953 as spies for the soviet union. -
Ray Kroc
He helped fast food come to life.He created the first McDonald's and helped expand it. -
Domino Theory
The theory prominent from the 1950s to the 1980s that speculated that if one country in a region came under the influence of the communism,them the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect. -
Jonas Salk
He had determined that there were three distinct types of polio viruses and was able to develop a "killed virus" vaccine for the disease. -
Vietnam War
It 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. -
Interstate Highway Act
The Federal-Aid Highway Act was enacted when the President signed the bill into law.It was to construct more roadways. -
Space Race
It was a 20th century competition between two cold war rivals,the soviet union and the united states for supremacy in the spaceflight capability. -
Sputnik
A series of soviet artificial satellites,the first of which was the first satellite to be placed in orbit. -
dwight d eisenhower
He was a Republican .He was the 34th president of the united states.He was a lifelong military man commanding the D-Day invasion while serving as supreme allied commander in Europe during wold war 2. -
John F Kennedy
He is famous for the bay of big invasion and the cuban missile crisis. -
bay of pigs
They landed at the beaches along the Bay of Pigs and immediately came under heavy fire. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A confrontation between the united states and the Soviet Union in the 1962 over the presence of missile sites in Cuba. -
Betty Friedan
She wrote the book The Feminine Mystique.She broke new ground by exploring the idea of women finding personal fulfillment outside of their traditional roles.She helped advance the woman's right movement. -
anti war movement
It is a social movement usually in opposition to a particular nations decision to start or carry on an armed conflict,unconditional of a maybe existing just cause. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
It gave congress approval for expansion during the Vietnam War.At first they feared the public wouldn't like the expansion but by the summer forces were gaining control over almost half of south Vietnam. They decided to go for it. -
lyndon b johnson
He was elected Vice president and took over after john F Kennedy was assassinated.His vision was to build "A Great Society" for the American people. -
great society
It was a domestic program in the administration of Lyndon B. Johnson.It instituted and federally sponsored social instituted programs.It helped those in poverty and was designed to advance the civil right movement. -
Tet Offensive 1968
It was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam war. It was launched on January 30.It was by forces of the Viet cong and north Vietnamese people army. -
Moon Landing
It was the arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the moon.The first human-made object to reach the surface of the moon was the soviet unions luba on September of 1959.The apollo 11 was the first aircraft to take men to the moon on July 20 1969. -
Vietnamization
A policy that withdrew the troops from south Vietnam. -
26th Amendment
It gave the right to citizens 18 of years and older to have the ability to vote.You can not be denied your right to vote. -
War Powers Act
It was a U.S. law passed in the 1973 which allows congress ot limit the presidents use of the military forces.The President must tell congress 48 hours if he sends armed forces anywhere.Congress must give approval -
Rust belt vs Sun belt
The rust belt is a term for the region of the united states form the great lakes to the upper midwest states.The sun belt is a strip of territory that gets high amount of sunlight. -
Richard Nixon
He successfully ended American fighting in Vietnam and improving international relations with the U.S.S.R and china.
