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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe. -
LBJ
Lyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969, assuming the office after serving as the 37th Vice President of the United States under President John F. Kennedy, from 1961 to 1963. -
Ray Kroc
Raymond Albert "Ray" Kroc was an American businessman and philanthropist. He joined McDonald's in 1954 and built it into the most successful fast food operation in the world. -
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974 when he became the only U.S. president to resign the office. -
Jonas Salk
Jonas Edward Salk was an American medical researcher and virologist. He discovered and developed the first successful polio vaccine. -
JFK
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy, commonly referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. -
Betty Friedan
Betty Friedan was an American writer, activist, and feminist. A leading figure in the women's movement in the United States, her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique is often credited with sparking the second wave of american feminism. -
Rock n' Roll
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Roy Benavidez
Master Sergeant Raul Perez "Roy" Benavidez was a member of the United States Army Special Forces and retired United States Army master sergeant who received the Medal of Honor for his valorous action. -
Abbie Hoffman
Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman was an American political and social activist and anarchist who co-founded the Youth International Party. -
House Un-American Activites Committee (HUAC)
The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and those organizations suspected of having Communist ties. -
Cold War
Television network executives in particular wanted to cater to the largest audience possible, so they shaped their programs to offend the least number of viewers. -
War Powers Act
The War Powers Act of 1941, also known as the First War Powers Act, was an American emergency law that increased Federal power during World War II. -
G. I. Bill
The maximum tuition and fee amounts for the Montgomery GI Bill - Active Duty, Montgomery GI Bill - Selected Reserve, REAP, and Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance Program are now available on the Rate Tables Page. -
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain Speech was delivered by Winston Churchill. The basic premise of his speech was his explanation of the devision of Eastern and Western Europe. The iron curtain is a symbol of the divided European countries. It is the iron curtain metaphor that symbolized the separation of countries during the cold war. It set the stage for tension and conflict in years to come. -
Containment Policy
Containment was a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was a form of American foreign policy for countries that resisted communism while simutaneously preventing the spread of it. Like the Marshall Plan, the Truman Doctrine agreed to help the countries by providing them aid economically and militarily. The countries that the United States agreed to help included Greece and Turkey. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was proposed by the Unites States Secretary of State, George C Marshall. The Plan offered American aid to European countries under communist control. The goal was also to encourage democrtic ideals. The plan was deemed successful. The Marshall Plan connects to the Cold War because it was created to help the countries being supressed under Soviet control. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was organized by the United States and Britian. The Airlift provided food and fuel to those being deprived/supressed in West Berlin. This event connects to the Cold War because the communist Soviets were the people behind the depravation to those living the West Berlin. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
NATO stands for North Atlantic Free Trade Organization. This was an alliance formed between the North American countries, (Canada, USA, and Mexico) and some countries in Europe. In total 28 countries complete the Organization. The treaty connects to the Cold War because it was created in order to prevent Soviet domination. -
Beatniks
Beatnik 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. -
1950's prosperity
Historians use the word “boom” to describe a lot of things about the 1950s: the booming economy, the booming suburbs and most of all the so-called “baby boom.” -
1950's Culture
Television network executives in particular wanted to cater to the largest audience possible, so they shaped their programs to offend the least number of viewers. -
Korean War
The Korean War was a conflict betweent North Korea and South Korea. The United Nations helped aid South Korea while China helped aid North Korea. The Korean war connects to the cold war because once again the conflict spawned from communist prevention. The United Nations wanted to protect North Korea from taking over South Korea and making their country a communist country. -
Rosenberg Trail
The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins in New York Southern District federal court. Judge Irving R. Kaufman presides over the espionage prosecution of the couple accused of selling nuclear secrets to the Russians (treason could not be charged because the United States was not at war with the Soviet Union). -
Domino Theroy
The Domino Theory was coined by Eisenhower was the phrase that described how voulnerable countries are at risk of being taken over by communism. An example of a region like this at the time would be South East Asia. -
McCarthyism
McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. -
Vietnam War
The cold war was a fight between the United States and the USSR over the world's resources. South Vietnam was an allie of the US and North Vietnam was an allie of the USSR. The US feared if North Vietnam won the war other countries in South Asia would also fall to Communism. -
Vietnam war
The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. -
Intersate Highway Act
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, popularly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act, was enacted on June 29, 1956, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law. -
Space Race (Sputnick and Moon Landings)
The Space Race was a competition between the Unites States and the Soviet Union over which country would get to space first. The first instance of success in space was the Soviet Unions launch of Sputnik, a satellite. The Space Race ended with the United States launching the first man on the moon, Niel Armstrong. The Space Race connects to the cold war because it was another advancement that the United States and the Soviet Union competed for. -
Bay of Pigs
he Bay of Pigs was JFK's failed attempt to overthrow the Cuban government led by Fidel Castro. The plan to invade was thwarted by Castro's own army who stopped the troops sent by JFK. This related to the cold war due to our attempt at terminating communist leadership. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
This event was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. The Soviet Union planted missiles in Cuba that if lanuched would land in the United States. President Kennedy ordered their removal or else he would invade Cuba. The weapons were dismantled. -
Baby Boom generation
Baby boomers are people born during the demographic post–World War II baby boom approximately between the years 1946 and 1964. -
Geart Society
The Great Society was a set of domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964–65. The main goal was the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
After United States ships were attacked by the Vietnamese in the Gulf of Tonkin, the resolution statement was released permitting any action necessary in order to protect the United States from attack by the Vietnamese. This event relates to the growing conflict between the USA and Vietnam caused by the United States' attempts to stop the spread of communism in the country. -
Miranda v. Arizona
Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court. -
Anti-War Movement include
Anti-war marches and other protests, such as the ones organized by Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), attracted a widening base of support over the next three years, peaking in early 1968 after the successful Tet Offensive by North Vietnamese troops proved that war's end was nowhere in sight. -
Tet Offensive
This event caused the necessety for the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War. The Tet Offense was a surprise attack initiated by a rebel group in Vietnam. This relates to the U.S involvement in Vietnam during the Cold War and the attempt to gain peace through violence. -
Vietnamization
Nixon wanted to encourage native Southern Vietnamese people tp fight in the war against Nothern Vietnamese and take mor responsibilty in their battle against communism. -
Rust Belt and Sun Belt
The Rust Belt area is a region that consists of areas in the Midwestern and Northeastern United States. -
26 Amendment
The 26th amendment states: SECTION 1. The right of citizens of the United States, who are 18 years of age or older, to vote, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of age. SECTION 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
