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HUAC
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
American emergency law that increased Federal power during World War II. -
G.I. Bill
Also called Servicemen's Readjustment Act, U.S. legislation passed in 1944 that provided benefits to World War II veterans. -
Iron Curtain
The imaginary boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II -
Truman Doctrine
An American foreign policy created to counter Soviet geopolitical hegemony during the Cold War. -
Containment Policy
United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. -
Marshall Plan
An American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States -
Rock n' Roll
A cultural shift in music that allowed for a new generation to conform and rebel. -
NATO
The organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party. -
Berlin Airlift
At the end of the Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. -
McCarthyism
The practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. -
Rosenberg Trail
The prosecution of the couple accused of selling nuclear secrets to the Russians, the Rosenbergs. -
Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea, in which a United Nations force led by the United States fought for the South, and China fought for the North -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The 34th president of the United States. -
Beatniks
Media stereotype prevalent throughout 1950's , displayed superficial aspects of the Beat Generation. -
Ray Kroc
The man that made the biggest food industry, McDonalds -
Domino Theory
If one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow. -
John Salk
He was the man that made the Polio Vaccine -
Space Race
This was the race between USSR and USA to see who could make it to space first. Russia won with a ship out to space but we got the first human landing on the moon. -
1950's Prosperity
Many people wanted to settle down and with the rise of suburbs, it gave the perfect opportunity for settleing down. This also applied that many people of the smae race began living all in the same spot. -
Interstate Highway Act
The law authorized the construction of a 41,000-mile network of interstate highways that would span the nation. -
1950's culture
This was the time that economy was high and booming so everything was being sold. Everyone was buying things and was just consumer crazy. -
Baby Boom Generation
Baby boomers are people born during the demographic post–World War II -
John F. Kennedy
The 35th president and prevented WW3 -
Bay of Pigs
A failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba. -
Abbie Hoffman
American political and social activist and anarchist who co-founded Youth International Party -
Betty Friedan
She was a writer and was the spark for the second wave of feminism. By writing her hit Book, "Feminine Mystique" -
1960's Culture
Revolution in social norms about clothing, music, drugs, dress, sexuality, formalities, and schooling; and in others pejoratively to denounce the decade as one of irresponsible excess, flamboyance, and decay of social order. -
Great Society
President Johnson's dream, the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Authorizing President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
He was the 36th president of America, Sends the most troops to Vietnam and lies to American people. -
Roy Benavidez
Served in the Vietnam War for Unite States Special Forces and recieved a medal of Honor. -
Miranda V. Arizona
Miranda was arrested and forced to speak to police and this was unfair so they created a way for people to have the right to besilent and to know their rights. -
Cold War
The Cold War was a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc and powers in the Eastern Bloc. -
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War, launched by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam against the American soldiers in South Vietnam -
Vietnamization
A policy of the Richard Nixon administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War through a program to "expand, equip, and train South Vietnam's forces at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops. -
Anti War Movement
Fighting against the position of being in a war, at the time Vienam War. Through sit-ins and pacifist movements. -
26th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States -
Richard Nixon
He was the 37th President of America and was the one to bomb Vietnam the most. Eventually resigned from office. -
1970's Culture
The days of pet rocks, mood rings, water beds, crystals, incense, and wild color. As many put it, it was the groovy time. The time of chilling out and having fun. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, and known in Vietnam as Resistance War Against America, and the Fall of Saigon was when Viet-Cong took the South's capital, winning the war. -
1980's Culture
The 1980s saw the end of the Cold War and the rise of synthesized music. Pop culture was more important to people than ever before and choices were plenty. -
Rust belt and Sun belt
Due to major economic changes, the cites in the Northern part and Southern part of the United states were really good places to settle down to and many took that opportunities.
