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1980's culture
One major transformation was the new, expanded role of television. nickeldoen catered to the children of the baby boomers with youth-centered daily programming. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe. -
Ray Kroc
American businessman and philanthropist. He joined McDonald's in 1954 and built it and it was the most succssful fast food business. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969 -
Richard Nixon
37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974 then resigned. -
Jonas Salk
American medical researcher and virologist, developed the first successful polio vaccine. -
John F. Kennedy
A Democratic party political leader of the twentieth century; he was president from 1961 to 1963 -
Rosenberg Trail
The espionage prosecution of the couple accused of selling nuclear secrets to the Russians (treason could not be charged because the United States was not at war with the Soviet Union). -
Betty Friedan
American writer, activist, and feminist, in 1963 thr book The Feminine Mystique is often credited with sparking the second wave of American feminism -
Gray Powers
Influence exerted by elderly people as a group, especially for social or political purposes or ends. -
Roy Benavidez
member of the United States Army Special Forces and retired United States Army master sergeant who received the Medal of Honor (1981) -
Abbie Hoffman
leader of the Youth International Party. He described his self "an orphan of America" and "a child of Woodstock Nation." -
House Un- American Activities Committee
1938 to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and those organizations suspected of having Communist ties. -
War Powers Act
allows Congress to limit the President's use of military forces. It states that the President must tell Congress within 48 hours if he sends armed forces anywhere, and Congress must give approval for them to stay there for more than 90 days. -
Venona papers
A list of names ostensibly deciphered from codenames contained in the Venona project, an American government effort from 1943-1980 to decrypt coded messages by intelligence forces of the Soviet Union. -
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 in 1989. -
Baby Boom Generation
Are people born during the demographic post–World War II baby boom approximately between the years 1946 and 1964. -
Truman Doctrine
the principle that the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or communist insurrection. First expressed in 1947 by US President Truman in a speech to Congress seeking aid for Greece and Turkey, the doctrine was seen by the communists as an open declaration of the Cold War. -
Cold War
A state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare, in particular. -
Containment Policy
A United States foreign policy doctrine adopted by the Harry S. Truman administration in 1947, operating on the principle that communist governments will eventually fall apart as long as they are prevented from expanding their influence. -
Marshall Plan
American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave $13 billion in economic support to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War ... -
Berlin Airlift
A military operation in the late 1940s that brought food and other needed goods into West Berlin by air after the government of East Germany, which at that time surrounded West Berlin , had cut off its supply routes. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
is a collective security group that was established by the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949 to block the threat of military aggression in Europe by the Soviet Union. -
1950 culture
Mass culture began to dominate in the United States. This accounted for much of the blandness that critics lamented. Television network executives in particular wanted to cater to the largest audience possible, so they shaped their programs to offend the least number of viewers. -
Beatniks
a young person in the 1950s and early 1960s belonging to a subculture associated with the beat generation. -
McCarthyism
A vociferous campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the period 1950–54. Many of the accused were blacklisted or lost their jobs, although most did not in fact belong to the Communist Party. -
Korean War
A war, also called the Korean conflict, fought in the early 1950s between the United Nations, supported by the United States, and the communist Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The war began in 1950, when North Ko -
Domino Theory
the theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries, like a falling domino causing an entire row of upended dominoes to fall. -
Rock n' Roll
a type of popular dance music originating in the 1950s, characterized by a heavy beat and simple melodies. Rock and roll was an amalgam of black rhythm and blues and white country music, usually based on a twelve-bar structure and an instrumentation of guitar, bass, and drums. -
Interstate Highway Act
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, popularly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act, was enacted on June 29, 1956, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law. -
Space Race ( Sputnik and Moon Landings)
Beginning in the late 1950s, space would become another dramatic arena for this competition, as each side sought to prove the superiority of its technology, its military firepower and–by extension–its political-economic system. -
1960 culture
On January 20, 1961, the handsome and charismatic John F. Kennedy became president of the United States. His confidence that, as one historian put it, “the government possessed big answers to big problems” seemed to set the tone for the rest of the decade. -
Cuban Misslie Crisis
The October Crisis, the Caribbean Crisis, or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba -
Great Society
A domestic program in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson that instituted federally sponsored social welfare programs. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
approving and supporting President Lyndon B. Johnson's determination to repel any armed attack against U.S. forces in Southeast Asia. Johnson subsequently relied on the measure as his chief authorization for the escalation of the Vietnam War. -
Miranda v. 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. -
Tet Offensive 1968
Was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War, launched on January 30, 1968, by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam against the forces of the South Vietnamese Army -
1970's culture
These were the days of pet rocks, mood rings, water beds, crystals, incense, and wild color. There were fads, changing times, and a few troublesome events. The fact that I was older, and more aware of the world, contributed greatly to my 70's awareness. -
Vietnamization
The US policy of withdrawing its troops and transferring the responsibility and direction of the war effort to the government of South Vietnam. -
Vietnam War Including the fall of Saigon 1975
As a Cold War conflict pitting the U.S. and the remnants of the French colonial government in South Vietnam against the indigenous but communist Vietnamese independence movement, the Viet Minh, following the latter's expulsion of the French in 1954. -
Anti- war movement
Is a social movement, usually in opposition to a particular nation's decision to start or carry on an armed conflict, unconditional of a maybe-existing just cause. -
Draft
A system for selecting young men for compulsory military service, administered in the United States by the Selective Service System. -
Medicaid
joint federal and state program that helps low-income individuals or families pay for the costs associated with long-term medical and custodial care, provided they qualify. Although largely funded by the federal government, Medicaid is run by the state where coverage may vary. -
Bust Belt and Sun Belt ( why did people move there?)
People move because of Manufacturing jobs and Factories -
1950's prosperity (include suburbanism and white flight)
This boom began in 1946, when a record number of babies–3.4 million–were born in the United States. About 4 million babies were born each year during the 1950s. In all, by the time the boom finally tapered off in 1964, there were almost 77 million “baby boomers.” -
26th Amendment
18 years of age or older, to vote, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of age. -
Credibility gap
An apparent difference between what is said or promised and what happens or is true. -
Silent Majoritiy
President Richard Nixon to indicate his belief that the great body of Americans supported his policies and that those who demonstrated against the involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War amounted to only a noisy minority. -
Medicare
is the federal health insurance program for people who are 65 or older, certain younger people with disabilities
