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Jonas Stalk
American medical researcher and virologist. He discovered and developed the first successful polio vaccine. -
House Un- American Activities Committee
Created to investigate disloyalty and subversive organizations. Power as a weapon and called citizens to testify. -
rock and roll
Popular music that evolved in the U.S., a combination of African-American genres. -
war powers act
An American emergency law that increased Federal power during World War II. -
G.I. bill (serviceman's readjustment act of 1944
provided educational and other benefits for people who had served in the armed forces in World War II. Benefits are still available to persons honorably discharged from the armed forces. -
Containment Policy (1944-47)
Using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. The policy was a response to a series of moves by the Soviet Union to enlarge its communist sphere. -
baby boom generation
more People were born during the post of World War II -
Truman Doctrine (1947-1949)
An American foreign policy created to counter Soviet geopolitical during the Cold War. -
Marshall Plan (1948-
U.S. gave 13 billion to the economic support and help rebuild Western European. -
Berlin Airlift (1948-49)
World War II U.S., British and Soviet Military forces divided and occupied Germany. -
NATO
intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty. Twelve countries were part of the founding of NATO: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In 1952, Greece and Turkey became members of the Alliance, joined later by West Germany (in 1955) and Spain (in 1982). -
korean war
Began with 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean people's Army poured across the 38th parallel, between the Soviet backed -
McCarthyism v. Arizona
Thousands of Americans were accused of being communists and became aggressive investigations. -
Rosenberg Trail
The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg brings New York Southern District federal court. -
domino theory
the theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries, like a falling domino causing an entire row of upended dominoes to fall. -
vietnamization
Richard Nixon introduced the Vietnamization. It aimed at the ending American involvement in the Vietnam War. -
interstate highway
A NAtional Interstate and Defense Highways. It was enacted by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. -
sputnik launch
the United States successfully launched Explorer I. This satellite carried a small scientific payload that eventually discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the Earth, named after principal investigator James Van Allen. The Explorer program continued as a successful ongoing series of lightweight, scientifically useful spacecraft. -
beatniks
was a media stereotype prevalent throughout the 1950s to mid-1960s that displayed the more superficial aspects of the Beat Generation literary movement of the 1950s. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Authorized the creation of NASA he signed the Act that created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) which provided for the peaceful and collaborative exploration of space. -
bay of pigs
Fidel Castro drove his guerrillas army into Havana and overthrew General Fulgencio Batista. -
Anti-War Movement include
Opposing war, opposition to all use of military force during conflicts. -
ray kroc
he became the official owner of the mcdonalds restaraunt. -
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy stood before a Joint Session of Congress and set a goal of "landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth" by the end of the decade. "No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind or more important for the long-range exploration of space," Kennedy said. -
Betty Friendan
Writer, feminist and women's rights activist .she published The Feminine Mystique, which explores the idea of women finding fulfillment beyond traditional roles. -
Cuban Missile Crisis (Oct 16-28, 1963)
13 day standoff over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba. Kennedy decision was to enact a naval blockade around cuba. Kennedy and Khrushchev's both decided to remove missiles from where they had them. -
gulf of tokin 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. -
Abbie Hoffman
he leads a group of activists into the gallery of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). In protest of capitalism, the Vietnam War and assorted other crimes of the establishment, they throw fistfuls of dollars (mostly fake) down toward the trading floor, tricking the traders into a pathetic scramble for cash. -
Roy Benavidez
master sergeant who received the Medal of Honor for his valorous actions in combat near Lộc Ninh, South Vietnam -
tet offensive
A series of fierce attacks on more than 100 cities and towns in South Vietnam. -
Richard Nixon
he becasme the 37th president after LBJ -
Lyndon B. Johnson
after JFK got assasinated in 1963 LBJ becomes president and retirres to his ranch in Texas. -
moon landings
Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface six hours later on July 21 at 02:56 UTC. Armstrong spent about two and a half hours outside the spacecraft, and together with Aldrin collected 47.5 pounds (21.5 kg) of lunar material for return to Earth. -
vietnamization
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 and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops." -
Rustbelt and Sunbelt (1970- 20th)
The Rust Belt area is a region that consists of areas in the Midwestern and Northeastern U.S. The Sun Belt consists of the warm climate stares that make up the SOuthern third of the Continental U.S. -
26th amendment
this amendment gave people the right ot vote at the age of 18
