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War Powers Act
An American emergency law that increased Federal power during World War II. -
G.I. Bill (Servicemen's Readjustment Act 1944)
A reward for veterans, gave them many oppotunities. -
Containment Policy
When we were scared of communism we started putting a bunch of Japanese in containment because we thought thye could have something to do with communism over seas. It was stupid. -
Truman Doctrine
President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. -
Marshall Plan
American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave $13 billion (approximately $130 billion in current dollar value as of March 2016) in economic support to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War 2. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty. Originally 12 countries, now 26. -
Berlin Airlift
The US sent over stuff like food and aid (not aids, aid) to Berlin after the wall was put up and they were like cut off from outside sources like food and things like that. -
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
Its economy was booming, and the fruits of this prosperity–new cars, suburban houses and other consumer goods–were available to more people than ever before. -
1950's Culture
People were having babies, men were coming back from war, families were getting town houses, cars were cool, and civil rights movement was happening. -
McCarthyism
"The practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence." McCarthy assumed a bunch of people were communist and was really mean and got the blacklisted and stuff. -
Rosenburg Trial
A couple is accused of selling nuclear information about the US to Russia. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower was president from 1953 to 1961. -
Ray Kroc
He joined McDonald's in 1954 and built it into the most successful fast food operation in the world. -
Jonas Salk
Jonas Salk was an American meidcal researcher and virologist, and discovered the first vaccine for Polio. -
Interstate Highway Act
An act to help continue the building of highways. -
Korean War
The US was fighting to keep communism from spreading (like always,) but were successful in this because South Korea is still free. -
Space Race (Sputnik and Moon Landings)
The competition between the US and USSR seeing which could get to the moon first pretty much. -
1960s Culture
Vietnam war was happening, and people at first supported it but towards the end of the 60s people started to think it was impossible. This measn there was a lot of anti-war movements, hippies probably, and the civil rights movement was still happening. -
Rock 'n' Roll
A type of music that became increasingly popular through the 50's and 60's and stayed pretty popular. (Some of the best music ever) -
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy was president was 1961-1963, when he was assassinated. -
Bay of Pigs
We tried to invade Cuba and failed SO bad which is why at the CUban Missile Crisis the Military wanted to invade Cuba again so bad to like regain themselves for their terrible loss. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Oct 14- Oct 28
The United States discovered that the USSR had missiles in Cuba, which was very close to the United States. This made us think they were going to fire at us, so we got mad at them and blocked the ships goign to Cuba until we worked it out that we would move our missiles away from them if they got rid of theirs too. Almost the start of WW3. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
He was hte president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. -
Domino Theory
The fear that if one country falls to communism, all of the surrounding countries will also fall to communism. The reason we fought in Vietnam and stuff. -
Baby Boom Generation
When all of the sodliers came home from war and all decided to have babies and make families at the same time. -
Gulf of Tonkin
August 2, 1964: Attack on US destroyer by NVA torpedo boats. US fired first
August 4,: Alleged 2nd NVA attack on US destroyer
(No proof of attack happening) -
Great Society
The main goal was the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. -
Betty Friedan
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 in the 20th century. In 1966, Friedan co-founded and was elected the first president of the National Organization for Women (NOW), which aimed to bring women "into the mainstream of American society now [in] fully equal partnership with men." -
Miranda V Arizona
Gave us the right to have our rights read to us. "Miranda Rights" -
Roy Benavidez
A member of the United States Army Special Forces (Studies and Observations Group) and retired United States Army master sergeant who received the Medal of Honor for his valorous actions in combat near Lộc Ninh, South Vietnam on May 2, 1968. -
Tet Offensive
North Vietnam lauched offensive (attacked) despite cease-fire. North Vietnam lost militarily but caused destruction in South Korea. -
RIchard Nixon
The 37th president of the United States. He became the only president to resign office.
1969-1974 -
Sun Belt
Southern part of the United States, focused on Florida, Texas, Arizona, and California, and extending as far north as Virginia. Moved ebcause of the economic and political impact of the nation. -
1970s culture
A huge decade for hippies, music, movies, cars, and ati-war movements. Also for women's rights! -
26th Amendment
The 26th Amendment changed a portion of the 14th 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 or by any State on account of age." -
Vietnamization
Nixon's Vietnamization policy entailed removing US troops as south vietnamese began to fight. -
House Un-American Activities Comitee (HUAC)
A comitee of the U.S. House of Representatives, created to investigate disloyalty and subversive organizations. Its first chairman, Martin Dies, set the pattern for its anti-Communist investigations. -
Vietnam War
1955-1975
The United States was trying to keep communism from spreading, and went to war with the communists (North Vietnam), but no one really won so there was no point and we were being stupid. The end -
Rust Belt
The region straddling the upper Northeastern United States, the Great Lakes, and the Midwest States, referring to economic decline, population loss, and urban decay due to the shrinking of its once powerful industrial sector. -
1980s Culture
HUGE for music, movies, games. The cold war ended and the Berlin wall went down. Fashion was crazy, neon, and didn't match. But it's okay. -
Anti War movement
They burned draft cards and protested and things to show they were against the war. -
Abbie Hoffman
An American political and social activist and anarchist who co-founded the Youth International Party.
1936-1989 -
Cold War
1947-1991
A period of time where there was literally no war it was just a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc and powers in the Eastern Bloc. -
Iron Curtain
Boundary dividing Europe into two parts until the end of the COld War. The iron curtain was a nickname for the societ union.
