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Dwight D. Eisenhower
He served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. -
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Ray Kroc
He built McDonald's into the most successful fast food operation in the world. -
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LBJ
He was the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969. -
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Richard Nixon
He was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. -
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Jonas Salk
He discovered and developed the first successful polio vaccine. -
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John F. Kennedy
He was the 35th President of the United States. -
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Betty Friedan
She was a leader in the women's movement of the United States. -
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Gary Powers
He was an American pilot whose spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission in Soviet Union airspace. -
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Roy Benavidez
He was a member of the United States Army Special Forces and received a gold medal for participating in the Vietnam War. -
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Abbie Hoffman
He is an icon of the anti-war movement and co-founded the Youth International Party. -
HUAC
It was created to investigate alleged disloyalty on the part of private citizens, public employees, and those organizations suspected of having Communist ties. -
G.I. Bill
It provided veterans of the Second World War funds for college education, unemployment insurance, and housing. -
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Iron Curtain
It was the name given to the imaginary boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas. -
Rock n' Roll
A genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s -
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Baby Boom Generation
More babies were born during this time than ever before. -
Containment Policy
The effort to try to contain communism within its borders. -
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Cold War
The rivalry that developed after World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union. -
The Truman Doctrine
It established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. -
The Marshall Plan
It generated a resurgence of European industrialization and brought extensive investment into the region. -
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The Berlin Airlift
When the U.S. and its allies decided to supply their sectors of Berlin from the air. -
NATO
It is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. -
Venona Papers
A list of people's names that were involved with the Soviet Union. These names were decoded. -
Beatniks
A term used to refer to a young person in the 1950s and early 1960s belonging to a subculture associated with the beat generation. -
1950's culture
A lot of Americans during this time felt like they should have a perfect family because of all the propaganda aimed at that subject. The propaganda even explained the roles of each individual of the household. -
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1950's prosperity
Its economy was booming and new cars, suburban houses and other consumer goods–were available to more people than ever before. -
McCarthyism
The practice of making accusations of treason without proper evidence. -
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Korean War
A war between North Korea and South Korea. -
The Rosenberg trial
The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg which were accused of selling nuclear secrets to the Russians. -
The Domino Theory
A theory that speculated that if one country in a region fell to communism, then the surrounding countries would also fall like in a domino effect. -
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The Vietnam War
A war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. This war was fought between North Vietnam—supported by the Soviet Union, China and other communist allies—and the government of South Vietnam—supported by the United States and othe communist allies. -
Interstate Highway Act
The bill created a 41,000-mile “National System of Interstate and Defense Highways” that would eliminate unsafe roads, inefficient routes, traffic jams and all of the other things that got in the way of “speedy, safe transcontinental travel.” -
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Space Race
A race between thye U.S. and the Soviet Union for supremacy in spaceflight capability. -
1960's Culture
Bell-bottoms and incense, long hair, free love and psychedelic rock. -
Bay of Pigs
1400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. -
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The Cuban Missile Crisis
The confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. -
Miranda vs. Arizona
Miranda confessed guilt after being subjected to a variety of interrogation techniques without being informed of his Fifth Amendment rights during an interrogation. Miranda was found guilty of kidnapping and rape and was sentenced to 20-30 years imprisonment on each count. -
Great Society
A set of domestic programs launched by LBJ to eliminate poverty and racial injustice. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
It authorized President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to promote the maintenance of international peace in southeast Asia. -
Medicaid
It provides free or low-cost health coverage to millions of Americans, including some low-income people, families and children, pregnant women, the elderly, and people with disabilities. -
Tet Offensive
A coordinated series of fierce attacks on more than 100 cities and towns in South Vietnam. -
1970's Culture
There was a growth of women’s rights. Technology entered the picture and music was also a huge part of 70's culture. -
War Powers Act
The act sought to restrain the president’s ability to commit U.S. forces overseas by requiring the executive branch to consult with and report to Congress before involving U.S. forces in foreign hostilities. -
The Rust Belt and The Sun Belt
The Rust Belt area is a region that consists of areas in the Midwestern and Northeastern United States. The Sun Belt consists of California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, North and South Carolina, and Florida. Many came from the Rust Belt in search for new opportunities. -
1980's Culture
Pop was huge, there were metal ‘hair bands,’ hip-hop was swiftly gaining popularity, and technology was used in electronic and new wave music. MTV was the first music station on cable television.