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Dwight D. Eisenhower
An American politician and army genera who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the united States Army during WW2 and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe. He graduated from West Point in 1915 and later married Mamie Doud, with whom he had 2 sons. -
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Jonas Salk
Was an american medical researcher and virologist. He discovered and developed one of his first successful polio vaccines. Born in New York City, he attended New York University School of Medicine, later choosing to do medical research instead of becoming a practicing physician. -
Anti-War Movement
A social movement, usually in opposition to a particular nation's unconditional of a maybe-existing just cause. the term can also refer to pacifism, which is the opposition to all use of military force during conflicts. -
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Betty Friedan
Was an American writer, activist, and feminist. A leading figure in the women's movement in the United States, her 1963 book "The Feminine Mystique" is often credited with sparking the second wave of the American feminism in the 20th century. She was co-founded and elected the first president of the National Organization for Women in 1966. -
House Un- American Activities Committee _HUAC)
Was an investigative committee of the United states of Representatives. It 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 (Servicemen's Readjustment Act 1944)
Was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War 2 veterans. It was designed by the American Legion, who helped push it through Congress by mobilizing it's chapters; the goal was to provide immediate rewards for practically all World War 2 veterans. -
Iron Curtain
Was the name for the boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War 2 in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. The Iron curtain took the form of border defenses between the countries of Europe in the middle of the continent. -
McCarthyism
The practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. The term refers to U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy and has t's origins in the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting roughly from 1947 to 1956 and characterized by heightened political repression as well as a campaign spreading fear of influence on American institutions and of espionage by Soviet agents. -
Cold War
Was a states of geopolitical tension after world War 2 between powers in the Eastern Bloc (the soviet Union and it's satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc. The term "cold" is used because there was no large-scale fighting directly between the two sides, although there were major regional wars known as proxy wars, supported by the two sides. -
Rust Belt vs Sun Belt
A region that consists of areas i the Midwestern and Northeastern United states. The areas are particularly defined by cities that have depleted populations and economies by 1970. The sun Belt consists of the warm climate states that make up the Southern third of the Continental united States. these states include California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, North and South Carolina, and Florida. -
Containment Policy
It's best known as the Cold War policy of the United States and it's allies to prevent the spread of communism. A component of the Cold War, this policy was a response to a series of moves by the Soviet Union to increase communist influence in Eastern Europe, China, Korea, Africa, and Vietnam.The basis of the doctrine was articulated in a 1946 cable by U.S. diplomat George F. Kennan during the post-World War 2 administration of U.S. President Harry Truman. -
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Berlin Airlift
At the end of the Second World War, U.S., British, Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. also divided into occupation zones, Berlin was located far inside Soviet controlled eastern Germany. -
Marshall Plan
Was an american initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $12 billion (approximately $120 billion in current dollar value as of June 2016) in economic support to help rebuild Western Europe economies after the end of World War 2. -
Truman doctrine
Was an american foreign policy created to counter soviet geopolitical expansion during the cold War. It was first announced by congress by President Harry S. Truman on March 12, 1947 when he pledged to contain Soviet threats to Greece and Turkey. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty. The organization constitutes a system of collective defense in response to an attack by any external party.NATO is an alliance that consists of 28 independent member countries across North America and Europe. -
Korean War
The Korean War began when some 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean people's Army poured across the 39th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet- backed Democratic people's Republic of Korea to the north and the pro- Western Republic of Korea to the south. This invasion was the first military action of the Cold War. -
Levittown
The name of seven large suburban developments created in the united states of America by William Levitt and his company Levitt and sons. built after World War 2 for returning veterans and their families. -
1950's Prosperity
The economy overall grew by 37% during the 1950's....inflation, which had wreaked havoc on the economy immediately after World War 2, was minimal, in part because of Eisenhower's persistent to balance the federal budget. -
Rosenberg Trail
Begins in New York southern District federal court. Judge Irving R. Kaufman presides over the espionage prosecution of the couple accused of selling nuclear secrets to the Russians. The Rosenbergs, and co-defendant, Morton Sobell, were defended by the father and son team of Emanuel and Alexander Bloch. -
Baby Boom Generation
Te phrase "baby boom" refers to a noticeable increase in the birth rate. The post-war population increase was first described as a "Boom" by sylvia F. Porter in a column. Baby boomers are associated with a rejection or redefinition of traditional values. Many commentators, however, have dispute the extent of that rejection, nothing the widespread continuity of values with older and younger generations. -
Domino theory
Was a theory prominent from the 1950's to the 1980's, that speculated that if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino's effect. -
Space Race
Was a 20th century competition between 2 Cold War rivals, the Soviet union (USSR) and the United States (US), for supremacy in spaceflight capability.It had it's origins in the missile -based nuclear arms race between the two nations that occurred following World War 2, aided by captured German missile technology and personnel from the Aggregat program. -
Interstate highway Act
Popularly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highway Act ( Public Law 84-627), When president Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law. -
Sputnik
The former Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik. The worlds first artificial satellite was about the size of a basketball, weighed only 183 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on it's elliptical path. -
Beatniks
Was a media stereotype prevalent through the 1950's to mid-1960's that displayed the more superficial aspects of the Beat Generation literary movement of the 1950's. Elements of the Beatnik trope include pseudo-intellectualism, drug use, and a cartoonish depiction of real-life people along with the spiritual quest of Jack Kerouac's autobiographical fiction. -
Moon Landing
Was the arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the moon. This includes both manned, and unmanned (robotic) missions, The first human-made object to reach the surface of the moon was the Soviet Union's Luna 2 mission. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
Also referred to as LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969, assuming the office after serving as the 37th Vice President of the United States under President John F. Kennedy from 1961 to 1963 -
Bay of Pigs
Trained and funded by the Untied States governments Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Presidential coup of 1952 led by General Fulgencio Batista, against President Carlos Prio, an ally of the united states , forced President Carlos. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed soviet missiles on Cuba. -
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy's time in office was marked by high tensions with communist states. He increased the number of American military advisers in South Vietnam by factor of 18 over President Dwight D. Eisenhower. In Cuba, a failed attempt was made at the Bay of Pigs to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro in April 1961. -
Great Society
Was a set of domestic programs in the united States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964-65. the main goal was the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. New major spending programs that addressed education, medical care, urban problems, rural poverty, and transportation. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
It is of historical significance because it gave U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorization , without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the use of conventional military force in Southeast Asia. -
Tet Offensive 1968
Was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War, forces of the Viet Cong and north Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam, the United States Armed forces, and their allies. -
Vietnamization
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 Vietnams forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops. -
26th amendment
The long debate over lowering the voting age in america from 21 t 18 began during World War 2 and intensified during the Vietnam War, when young men denied the right to vote were being conscripted to fight for their country. -
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War Powers Act
(Also known as the war Powers Resolution of 1973) 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
Was an american politician who served as the 37th president of the United States from 1969 until 1974, when he became the only u.S. president to resign from office. He had previously served as the 36th Vice presidency of Dwight Eisenhower, and prior to that as a U.S. Representative and also Senator from California. -
Vietnam War
It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and South vietnam. -
Rock n' Roll
America's secret weapon major rock groups in each decade 1960's the Beatles sparked the love of rock in soviets. 1970's during the Iron curtain bands like the Plastic People of the universe and Time Machine helped express their words. -
Ray Kroc
He joined McDonald's in 1954 and built it into the most successful fast food operation in the world. During the first World War, he lied about his age and became a Red Cross ambulance driver at 15, through the war ended and he was not shipped overseas.