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Dwight D. Eisenhower
He was the 34th president and a five star general in World War II. -
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Ray Kroc
He was an entrepreneur that had a major part in helping McDonalds become what it is now. -
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Lyndon B. Johnson
He moved from vice president to the 36th president after JFK was assassinated, and he failed to move the U.S. out of the Vietnam War. -
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Richard Nixon
He was the 37th president who resigned because of the Watergate scandal. -
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Jonas Salk
He was a medical researcher that discovered the first working polio vaccine. -
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John F. Kennedy
He was the 35th president and delt with the Cuban Mistle Crisis, Cold War, and Berlin during his term. -
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Betty Friedan
She was a writer and a feminist, who founded the National Organization for Women. -
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Gary Powers
He was a pilot who drove a U-2 spy plane utill he was shot down. -
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Roy Benavidez
He was a soldier in the U.S. Army who got the Congressional Metal of Honor for saving eight people by running into gun fire and dragged them into the escape helicopter. -
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Abbie Hoffman
He was a political activist that founded the Youth International Party. -
House of Un-American Activities Committee
It was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. -
War Powers Act
It only let the President use the army to fight, if the Congress made a declaration of war. -
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Venona Papers
It was a program that decrypted messages sent by Soviet Union. -
G.I. Bill
It gave low-tuition colleges and low-morgage housing to veterans. -
Iron Curtain
It was the imaginary boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II until the end of the Cold War. -
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Baby Boom Generation
They are people born after World War II when soldiers got back from fighting and had many babies. -
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Cold War
It was a state of political and military tension after World War II between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. -
Truman Doctrine
It was an American foreign policy created to counter Soviet geopolitical hegemony during the Cold War. -
Marshall Plan
It was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave $13 billion to help end WWII. -
Berlin Airlift
An airlift made after WWII that carried supplies to Berlin. -
Containment Policy
It was a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
It was a military allience of the North Atlantic countries. -
1950s Prosperity
In the 1950s, the economy grew by 37% and gave families 30% more purchasing power. -
Beatniks
They were young people in the 1950s and early 1960s. -
1950s Culture
The 1950s were after WWII and had growing suburbs and families. -
McCarthyism
It is making accusations of communism without good proof. -
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Korean War
It was a war between North and South Korea, where the United Nations, led by the United States, fought for South Korea, and the Soviet Union, led by China, fought for North Korea. -
Rock 'n Roll
It is a type of music that has a heavy beat and simple melodies. -
Rosenberg Trial
It was a trial over Ethel and Julius Rosenberg accused of selling nuclear secrets to the Russians -
Domino Theory
The theory that said that if one country fell to communism, then the rest would follow. -
Anti-War Movement
The Anti-War Movement is a movement that is agaist a country participating in a war. The draft took 18 year-olds to have then join the army. The 26th Amendment made it so that 18 year-olds could vote. The Crediblity gap was a time when American citizens didn't trust the government.The silent majority was a mojority of people that remained silent about their opinon. -
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Vietnam War
It was fought by the U.S. and France to stop the spread of communism and keep control of Vietnam. It was fought by the Vietnamise for freedom. It ended with Vietnam becoming free and North Vietnam becoming communist with the fall if Saigon. -
Interstate Highway Act
It allowed the construction of a 41,000-mile network of interstate highways. -
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Space Race
It was a cocmpetition between the Soviet Union and the United States for space technology. -
1960s Culture
The 1960s was a time of intergrating cultures. -
Bay of Pigs
It was a failed invation of Cuba by American-trained Cubans. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
It was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba. -
Great Society
It was a group of projects made to get rid of poverty and racial injustice. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Resolution that allowed President Johnson to take action to maintain peace. -
Medicare
It is a low-cost way for the less fortunate to get the medical help they need. -
Medicaid
It is health insurance for people who are 65 and older, and younger people with disabilities. -
Miranda v. Arizona
It was a case where the Supreme Court ruled that detained criminal suspects must be informed of their constitutional right to an attorney and against self-incrimination before police questioning, -
Tet Offensive
It was the largest attack in the Vietnam War. North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam. -
Vietnamization
It moved all military positions in the Vietnam War from the Americans to the South Vietnamese. -
1970s Culture
The 1970's was during the Vietnam War and the continued fight for equality. -
Rust Belt and Sun Belt
The rust belt was the Northeastern part of the US that had an economic decline and rusted buildings. The sun belt South part of the US that had a warm climate. -
1980s Culture
In the 1980s, the ecomnomy was stronger because of president Reagan.