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is a hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County
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The committee was formed to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and those organizations suspected of having communist ties.
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Medical researcher, discovered the first polio vaccine. First member of the United States, he was the first in his family to go to college.
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Vietnamization of the war was a policy of the Richard Nixon administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
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Signed by President Franklin D. It is also known as the GI Bill that provided WWII money to go to school, insurance, and a place to live.
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Was first suggested by George F. Kennan. Kennan asserted that the goal of the U.S. should be "contain" communism within its present borders and not allow it to spread.
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“Rock n’ roll” was originated as a slang term used in the blues community. First recognized in 1946 in which the term was used to describe a record by Joe Liggins and the Honeydrippers
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The plan was developed to help rebuild allied countries of Europe after WWII.
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was used to identify a massive increase in births following World War II. Baby boomers are those people born worldwide between 1946 and 1964, the time frame most commonly used to define them.
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The Iron Curtain was the name for the boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II.
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The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc and powers in the Western Bloc.
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which held that if one country fell under communist influence or control, its neighboring countries would soon follow. Containment was the cornerstone of the Truman Doctrine
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American foreign policy whose purpose was to counter Soviet expansion during the Cold War. Truman pledges to contain threats to Greece and Turkey.
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Germany divided after WW2. Soviets closed all rail and highway routes into city air corridors remained open.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between several North American and European countries
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McCarthyism was a person who was top in the government branch when we absolutely hated communism and he would go around trying to get free stuff by saying "I'll tell everyone that you are communism and if you don't give me free food then i will spread it out."
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Korean divided after World War II into North (Communist) and South (non-communist). North Korea indeed South Korea in June 1950
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The economy grew 37% due to Rosevelt balancing the budget after WWII
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Beatniks was a stereotype prevalent throughout the 1950s
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It took several years of wrangling, but a new Federal-Aid Highway Act passed in June 1956
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Served as the Army General and then ran for President in 1952 as 34th President and was elected.
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Originally an ambulance driver for the Red Cross, then he founded the restaurant McDonalds.
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Fought between communist North Korea and the government of South Korea.The South was supported by anti-communist countries, mostly the United States. The war lasted 20 years
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First man-made satellite. Launched by the USSR in 1957. Orbited the earth every 96 minutes. Major blow to U.S. prestige. U.S. launched first satellite in 1958.
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The Space Race Begins. The U.S. and the Soviet Union are locked into the Cold War. The Soviet Union launched the world's first satellite, Sputnik. Fearful of Soviet military control of space, the Americans quickly ready a rocket.
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The Sun Belt has seen substantial population growth since the 1960s from an influx of people seeking a warm and sunny climate, a surge in retiring baby boomers, and growing economic opportunities. The Rust Belt refers to the deindustrialization, or economic decline, population loss, and urban decay due to the shrinking of its once-powerful industrial sector.
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The United States sent trained Cuban exiles to Cuba to try and overthrow Fidel Castro's government. They were not successful.The invasion was to prevent communism from overtaking the Americans
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Served as the 35th president of the United States. negotiated the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and initiated the Alliance for Progress. He was assassinated in 1963
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The Rosenberg's were accused of selling nuclear secrets to the Russians. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed for being spies for the Soviet Union.
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13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, There was fear that the missiles would be launches.
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Writer, activist, and feminist who write "The Feminine Mystique". Was voted into as the president of the National Organization for Women.
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usually in opposition to a particular nation's decision to start or carry on an armed conflict
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Lyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969
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The Great Society was a set of domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson
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USS Maddox Incident, was an international confrontation between The United Stated engaging more directly with Vietnam
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The US policy of withdrawing its troops and transferring the responsibility and direction of the war effort to the government of South Vietnam.
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The Tet Offensive was attacks by North Vietnamese on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam. The offensive was an attempt to foment rebellion among the South Vietnamese population and encourage the United States to scale back its involvement in the Vietnam War
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Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the moon. Moon landings are the arrival of a spacecraft landing on the moon.
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Gave individuals who were the age of 18 the right to vote. Rosevelt determined that if you are old enough to fight you are old enough to vote, so the age was lowered from 21 to 18.
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aftermath of the Vietnam War to address these concerns and provide a set of procedures for both the President and Congress to follow in situations where the introduction of U.S. forces abroad could lead to their involvement in armed conflict.
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Vice President under Eisenhower and 37th President of the United States; resigned after the Watergate scandal in 1974. He was almost impeached and he became the first president to resign from office.
