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War Powers act
Law that increased federal power during WWII -
G.I. Bill
Law that provided benefits for returning WWII veterans that included loans, mortgages, tuition payments, etc. -
Iron Curtain
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. -
Baby Boomers generation
kids from this era come from families who made their child post WWII. -
Rust Belt & Sun Belt
People moved from crowded over populated cities (Rust Belt) to the suburbs (Sun Belt) the moved there for more space to start a family. -
The 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 ( -
Containment Policy
Policy to prevent the spread of communism, may have caused the red scare to intensify. -
Truman Doctrine
Made to counter Soviet "geopolitical hegemony" during the Cold War. -
HUAC
A significant step for HUAC was its investigation of the charges of espionage brought against Alger Hiss in 1948. -
Berlin Airlift
when Soviet U.S. and British divided to occupy Germany -
Marshall Plan
Ameican initiative to aid western europe where the U.S. gave $13 billion to help rebuild western europe economy. -
NATO
NATO is an inergovernmental military alliance formed on April 4th, 1949 bsed off of the North Atlantic Treaty. -
Beatniks
A stereotype in media throughout the 1950's and into the 1960's. They were very similar to modern days "Hipsters" they were "Pseudo intellectual" and were very into drug use. -
1950's prosperity (Rise of suburbs)
The 50's began the era of suburbs and levvitowns. -
1950's culture
The 1950's culture involved the emergence of new music called Rock & Roll, the 50's also included activists such as MLK Jr. and Rosa Parks, also the idea of Anti-communism came along. -
McCarthyism
making accusations without proper evidence. -
Rock and Roll
Rock and Roll emerged in the 1950's starting with Elvis and rolling into the 60's and 70's with the emergence of more psychedelic rock music, then evolving in the 80's to hard rock. -
Korean War
War Between North and South Korea. The United States fought for teh South Korean side, and the North was helped by China and the Soviet Union -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D Eisenhower was the President of the United States of America from 1953 t o1961. -
Ray Kroc
Joined in 1954 and built McDonalds to be the successful fast food operation in history. -
Domino Theory
theory that said if one country in a region falls to communism then all the other countries in that region will follow one by one sort of like dominos. -
Jonas Salk
Jonas Salk invented the Polio vaccine and it was announced safe. -
Vietnam
Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975 -
Interstate Highway Act
U.S. authorization to build 41,000 miles of interstate highways. -
The Space Race
The U.S. competition with the U.S.S.R. for technological dominance spurred the U.S. on to the first-ever landing on the moon. The race ran from 1957 to 1975. -
Anti-War Movement
Inidividual acts of protest: burnign draft cards, self-immolation, anti-war entertainment at Government Buildings, draft borads, recruiters, weapon manufacturers. -
1960's culture
The space race, the beatles, cuban missile crisis, anti war movement, civil rights movement -
John F. Kennedy
JFK was our 35th president in the United States of America. He was the president during the Cuban Missile Crisis, The Bay of Pigs invasion, the Space Race, and the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. -
Rosenberg Trial
Trial over the espinoage prosecution -
Bay of Pigs
Military invasion in cuba that was a failed mission. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
The 36th president of the United States of America following the Assainatin of President John F. Kennedy. -
Betty Friedan
Feminist who played a leading figure role in the womens movement in the US. -
Great Society
Domestic Programs launched by LBJ to eliminate racial injustice and poverty. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Authorized President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
Miranda v. Arizona
Supreme Court Case that put the Miranda Rights into the police procedure. -
Tet Offensive 1968
This massive North Vietnamese surprise attack during the 1968 Tet holiday was a crucial turning point in the war. -
Roy Benavidez
A retired US Army master sergeant who received the Medal of Honor in 1981 for his actions in combat near Loc Ninh, South Vietnam on May 2, 1968. -
Abbie Hoffman
Social Activist. who was arrested and tried for conspiracy and inciting to riot as a result of his role in protests that led to violent confrontations with police during the 1968 Democratic National Convention -
Vietnamization
Nixon's vietnamization policy entailed removal of US troops as South Vietnamese began to fight. -
1970's culture
disco, feminism, civil rights -
26th amendment
"The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age." -
Ricahrd Nixon
37th president of the United States of America from 1969 to 1974. he ended Americas involvement in the Vietnam war in 1973. -
1980's culture
mtv, videogames, Ronald Reagan era, nearing the end of the cold war.
