Key Terms- Post War America

By emilyhollowell

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower

    American Politician and General who served as the 34th President of the United States.

  • Ray Kroc

    Founder of McDonalds

  • Lyndon B. Johnson

    LBJ, the 36th President of the United States.

  • "McCarthyism"

    Named after Joseph McCarthy. The practice of making accusations of treason without proper evidence.

  • Richard Nixon

    The 37th President of the United States, was the only president to resign from office.

  • Jonas Stalk

    Medical researcher, he discovered the first polio vaccine

  • John F. Kennedy

    The 35th President of the United States. The Cuban Missile Crisis, The Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, the establishment of the Peace Corps, developments in the Space Race, the building of the Berlin Wall etc. took place during his presidency.

  • Betty Frieden

    American writer, Feminist, activist. First president of the National Organization for Women.

  • Gary Powers

    Pilot of the U-2 spy plane that was shot down while on a mission flying over the Soviet Union.

  • Roy Benavidez

    Men=mber of the United States Special Forces, he recieved the Medal of Honor.

  • House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

    Investigated allegations of communist activity in the U.S suring the years of the Cold War. 1945-91

  • Venona Papers

    Venona was a top-secret U.S. effort to gather and decrypt messages sent in the 1940s by agents of the Soviet military intelligence agency.

  • G.I Bill ( Servicemen's readjustment act 1944)

    A list of benefits for returning WW2 vets.

  • Baby Boom Generation

    After WW2 the troops came home and wanted to start a Family. Which led to the "Baby Boom" where there were huge amounts of babies born 1945- 1964 generation.

  • Containment Policy

    A United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad.

  • Truman doctrine

    Truman pledged to contain soviet threats to turkery and greece.

  • Berlin Airlift

    At the end of the Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. Also divided into occupation zones, Berlin was located far inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany.

  • Marshall Plan

    The U.S gave Western Europe 13 billion dollars to help rebuild after the war.

  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

    An alliance of countries from North America and Europe committed to fulfilling the goals of the North Atlantic Treaty signed on 4 April 1949.

  • Domino Theory

    if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect.

  • Rock n' Roll

    A type of music that evolved in the U.S. That origionated from African-American genres like the blues and jazz etc.

  • Korean War

    Started when North Korea invaded South Korea. U.S sided with South Korea and USSR and China sided with North Korea

  • Rosenberg Trial

    Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were being charged with selling nuclear secrets to the russians. (treason could not be charged because the United States was not at war with the Soviet Union).

  • Interstate Highway act

    An act signed to make highways, signed be Eisenhower

  • Space Race

    A rivalry between USSR and USA to see who could be the first to have accomplished space flight. Spidnik (USSR) was the first to enter space. But the USA was the first to land a man on the moon.

  • Bay of Pigs

    U.S military invasion of Cuba, where we attempted to overthrow Castro but failed.

  • Great Society

    Set of programs in the U.S that was launched by LBJ in hopes to get rid of poverty and racial injustice.

  • Medicaid

    A program designed to provide health coverage for low-income people.

  • anti war movement

    Draft- there was a major draft resistance the selected soldiers would claim disability and flee to Canada so they wouldn't have to participate in the war.
    26th amendment- right to vote at age 18
    Credibility gap-was widely used by skeptics to question the truthfulness of Johnson administration's policies
    Silent Majority- was a popular term used in Nixons speech, he said "And so tonight—to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans—I ask for your support."

  • Medicare

    An act signed to provide health insurance to people age 65 and older, regardless of income or medical history.

  • miranda vs. Arizona

    the Supreme Court ruled that detained criminal suspects, prior to police questioning, must be informed of their constitutional right to an attorney and against self-incrimination.

  • War Powers Act 1973

    After the Vietnam War, this act was passed to put restrictions on the president from sending troops into battle eithout congressional approval.