Post War America

HUAC

Jan 1, 1938

House un-ameican activities committee. Investigated allegations of comunist activity in the U.S.

War Powers Act

Jan 1, 1941

American emergency law that increased federal power during WW2.

Iron Curtian

Jan 1, 1945

Physical boundary dividing europe in two seperate areas from the end of WW2 to the start of the Civil War.

Containment Policy

Jan 1, 1947

Used to prevent the spread of communism abroad.

Cold War

Jan 1, 1947

Political and military tension after World War 2 between powers in western bloc.

Truman Doctrine

Mar 12, 1947

Established that the United States would provide political, military an economic assisstance to all democratic nations.

Matshall Plan

Apr 3, 1948

American initiative to aid europe and asia, in which the United States gave 13 billion dollars in economic support to help rebuild european economies after the end of WW2.

Berlin Airlift

Jun 24, 1948

Soviet union blocked western allies' railway, road, and canal access.

Mao Zedong

Jan 1, 1949

Was the chineese communist and the founding father of the people of china.

" McCarthyism"

Jan 1, 1950

Practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence.

Korean War

Jun 25, 1950

War between North and South Korea cause of the global tensions from the Cold War.

Jonas Salk

Jan 1, 1952

Discovered and developed the first suscessful inactive pollo vacine.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Jan 20, 1953

34th president of the United States of America.

Rosenberg Trials

Jun 19, 1953

Trials for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg who were excuted for conspiracy to commit espionage. about aromic bombs to soveit union.

Dominio Theory

Apr 7, 1954

Speculated that if one state ina region came under the influence of communism, then surrounding countries would follow.

Vietnam War

Nov 1, 1955

Was between North and South Vietnam governments.

Anti- War movement

Jan 1, 1960

Social movement. Particular nations decision to start or carry on an armed conflict.

Gary Powers

Jan 1, 1960

American pilot whos u2 plane got shot down while flying a reconnasiance mission over the Soviet Union.

John F. Kennedy

Jan 1, 1961

35th President of the United States of America.

Cuban Missle Crisis

Oct 1, 1962

13 day conformatoin betwwen the united states and the soviet union over soviet ballistic missles deployed in Cuba.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Nov 22, 1963

36th President of the United States of America.

Great Society

May 22, 1964

Domestic programs in the United States launched by president Lyndon B. Johnson.

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Aug 7, 1964

Authorizing president johnson to take any measures he believed was nessessary to retaliate and to promote the maintained of international peace.

Abbie Holfman

Dec 31, 1967

Co founded the youth internatoinal party.

Tet offensive

Jan 30, 1968

One of the largest military comapaigns of the Vietnam War.

Roy Benavidez

May 2, 1968

Former member of the unites states army special forces. also recieved metal of armor for combat in south vietnam.

Richard Nixon

Jan 1, 1969

37th president of the united states of america.

Vienamizaton

Jan 1, 1969

Policy richard nixon administarted during the Vietnam War to end U.S. involvment in the war.