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Containment Policy
U.S. policy created by Truman in the late 1940s, that tried to stop the spread of communism by creating alliances and helping weak countries to avoid Soviet advances. -
Venona Papers
Secret teaming of the U.S. and U.K. agencies working on decoding messages sent the the Soviet Union -
G.I Bill
Helped veterans with education and housing -
Cold War
War of words and threats with the Soviets and The US -
Iron Curtain
A way Winston Churchill described the Soviet Union's policy of isolation during the Cold War. -
Truman Doctrine
US would support any country in danger of becoming communist. -
Marshall Plan
US helped rebuild Europe and help them avoid communism -
Berlin Airlift
Truman ordered the Berlin Airlift to supply Germany with food -
Rock N Roll
Genre of popular music from the late 40's and early 50's -
NATO
A military alliance formed by 12 countries in Western Europe and North America. It protects those countries from an attack from the Soviets -
1950's Prosperity
TV, Rock and Roll, KKK is back, Baby Boom, Car -
Baby Boom Era
Baby Boom was a time period that population was very high. Americans were happy to be home from war and they started making families. -
KOrean War
The Korean War began in 1950 when the Soviet North Korea invaded South Korea before meeting with the United States. The war ended in with division of the two by a peninsula -
Rosenburg Trail
Involved Julius and Ethel Rosenberg who were American communists. They were executed for giving nuclear weapons secrets to the Soviets -
Dwight D Eisenhower
President of US and he was a general of the Army. Made sure that nuclear weapons were basically the first priority of defenses.He launched the space race (competition with the Soviet Union to get to space) he also enlarged the Social Security program and the interstate highway programs -
Ray Kroc
Founded McDonalds, and the most sucessful fast food restaurant. First one opened in Illinois. -
Domino Theory
A foreign policy from the 50ssaid if one one country became communist, then surrounding countreis would follow them -
McCarthyism
Man who sought out to destroy others lives by saying they were communist with no true knowledge -
Jonas Salk
American biologist and physican best known for the research of the polio vaccine . -
Interstate Highway
The construction of 42,000 miles of interstate highways that linked all the major cities together . -
Space Race
A race between America and the soviets to see who could have better space programs. The idea was discovered that bombs and nuclear weapons could be launched in space. -
Gary Powers
Pilot shot down in the plane from the movie, but he was captured for spying -
John F Kennedy
President of the United States during the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis. He went on National News and told the world about the crisis and gave the Soviet's a chance to remove their missiles (the movie) -
Bay of Pigs
JFK's plan to drop missiles on Cuba but ended up failing and looking stupid and loosing respect from Latin Countries -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Time when Cuban had a site for missiles ready to aim at America and we put them in a naval blockade -
Lyndon B Johnson
Sworn into office after JFK's assasination . He started the idea of "getting things done" Created the Great Society and it was a program that started Head Start and Job Corps to help people learn and get jobs, extended Medicare for the elderly, set up Community Action Programs to aid the poor. -
Betty Friedan
Wrote a book called Femine Mystique that talked about the common stereotype that women were supposed to just stay home and take care of children -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Gave President Lyndon B. Johnson permission without a real declaration of war, for the use of military force in Southeast Asia. -
Great Society
President Johnson called his version of the Democratic reform program the Great Society -
Medicaid
Provides medical and health services to certain people and families with low income -
Medicare
Medicare is an insurance program provided by the United States government, giving health insurance to people who are 65 and over -
Miranda vs Arizona
Revealed that criminals must be told they have the right to talk with an attorney and their rights before being questioned by police. -
Abbie Hoffman
Youth International Party was an anarchist party created by Abbie Hoffman. They opposed the Vietnam War & conformity; poured bags of dollars onto the New York Stock Exchange and carried pictures of LBJ upside down -
Tet Offensive
North Vietnamese forces had a huge attack on the Vietnamese New Year -
Richard Nixon
Had to get US out of Vietnam War from South Vietnam. He had the Nixon Doctorine and was the first president to resign from the White House due to Watergate scandal . -
Roy Benavidez
Member of US Army Special Forces and Army Master Sergent . Received Medal of Honor for great actions near South Vietnam -
Rust Belt and Sun Belt
Popular areas in Middle West and New England that experienced population growth due to industrial factories -
Vietnamization
Nixon's policy that let 540,000 US troops leave from South Vietnam. It also included a gradual take over of the South Vietnamese -
Anti War Movement
Student protest that was against the Vietnam War. This also sparked the 26th amendment(which was voting ages) -
War Powers Act
Law that increased federal power during WW2. The President has 2 days to report to the Congress if troops will be in danger in another country -
Vietnam (Fall of Saigon)
Final battle of the Vietnam War that made South Vietnam surrender to the North and become communist. -
HUAC
A comittee that investigated people who seemed like communists
