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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mr. Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 196. He was also the supreme commander of NATO -
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Ray Kroc
Ray Kroc was a part of the extremely successful fast food restaurant, mcdonald's as well as very well known businessman. -
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Lyndon B. Johnson
The 36th president of the US. He previously served under JFK as vice president. -
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Richard Nixon
the 37th president of the US until he resigned. -
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Jonas Salk
was a medical researcher who founded the Salk Vaccine, a vaccine to the polio disease found in children. -
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John F. Kennedy
He was the 35th president of the US and was assassinated. He was credited with defusing the cuban missile crisis. -
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Betty Friedan
Betty Friedan is credited with the second wave of feminism in american culture due to her novel, The Feminine Mystique. -
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House of Un-American Activities Committee
this committee was in charge of finding and prosecuting americans who supported communism, especially popular idols. -
G.I. Bill (Servicemen's Readjustment Act)
provided educational and other benefits for people who had served in the armed forces in World War II. -
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Baby Boom Generation
babies born during the post ww2 period. -
Truman Doctrine
It was a new law stating that the US would provide assistance to any democratic civilization in need of help. -
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Containment Policy
was america's strategic attempts to contain and prevent the spread of communism -
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Cold War
low violent war between USSR and the US. Occurred after the defeat of Nazi Germany. Led to huge threats of Nuclear Warfare. -
Levittown
were small towns built for returning veterans and their families by William Levitt. -
Marshall Plan
It was an American attempt to financially aid the war-devastated Western European countries. -
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Berlin AIrLift
The Berlin Airlift was the U.S. flying supplies to west berlin due to Stalin's blockade. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO, a military alliance, consisting of France, United Kingdom and the United States. -
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Rock n' Roll
rock n roll helped undermine communism by humanizing a generation and sparking a new sense of alienation and rebellious behavior. -
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1950S Prosperity
This was the raise in population due to the idea that the future held great possibilities as well as a growth in government spending to better things like highway systems and schools -
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Beatniks
a young person in the 1950s and early 1960s belonging to a subculture associated with the beat generation. -
Mccarthyism
Mccarthy attempted to wrongfully convict people of treason by accusing them of communist actions and help but did so with no evidence, therefore the term McCarthyism means accusation without evidence -
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Korean War
North Korea was attempting to spread communism into the South. Truman was reminded of Hitler's actions and put an immediate stop to the attempt. -
Rosenberg Trial
the rosenbergs were convicted of selling US secrets to the soviet union and were doubted for wrongful conviction but papers were later released proving their guilt. -
Domino Theory
the idea that the actions and activities in one country will spread throughout neighboring countries -
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Vietnam War
North Vietnam was supported by the soviet union and were fighting against the south who were being assisted greatly by the US -
Interstate Highway Act
The main funding for our modern day highway systems -
Sputnik
it was the first satellite to be sent into space by the soviet union and triggered the space race with the soviet union and US -
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Space Race
The soviet union sent a satellite into space and their progression worried americans for the sake of nuclear warfare and sent americans into a scientific frenzy, credited with lots of discoveries. -
Bay of Pigs
Was a failed invasion into Cuba by a group of Cubans that the US CIA funded, who traveled to the US after Castro's take over known as the Brigade 2506. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
It was a political and military standoff between the US and Cuba after we discovered missiles in cuba. Eventually the two came to an agreement and nuclear war was avoided. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
It was the first declaration of war made without the approval of congress -
Great Society
a domestic program in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson that instituted federally sponsored social welfare programs. -
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Anti-War Movement
he social movement and protestation against the act of war. -
Tet Offensive
the Tet offensive was a series of attacks made by vietnam that soon became known as their “New Year's” holiday. -
Moon Landing
armstrong and two other astronauts beat the USSR in the space race by stepping foot on the moon. -
Vietnamization
the idea of the US preparing South Vietnam to fight the war themselves and slowly reducing US involvement -
26th Amendment
the right for young people, old enough to enlist (18 years of age) to vote for representatives of their country. -
War powers act
altered the president's ability to commit the US to armed warfare without the consent of the congress -
Iron Curtain
the notional barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West prior to the decline of communism that followed the political events in eastern Europe