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Abbie Hoffman
A activist the co founded the youth internaitional party -
house Un-American Activities committee
A organization that studies disloyal and subverse organizations. -
war powers act
an American emergency law that increased Federal power during World War II -
G.I. Bill
Benefits that veterans recieve after a certain amount of time in the army. -
Containment policy
a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism -
Iron curtain
the imaginary boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. -
Rock n Rolll
A type of music that started in the late 1940s and was considered demonic and evil to most people -
Baby boom generation
people born during the demographic post–World War II baby boom approximately between the years 1946 and 1964. -
Truman Doctrine
an American foreign policy created to counter Soviet geopolitical hegemony during the Cold War. -
cold war
a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc and powers in the Eastern Bloc. -
Berlin Airlift
When supplies were lifted in planes and delivered to berlin -
Marshall plan
An American plan to help aid Western Europe, America Gave them approximatley $13 billion dollars -
North atlantic treaty organization
an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 194 -
beatniks
People that dressed in a certain way (shown in the picture) during the 1950s -
Korean war
a war between North and South Korea -
Rosenberg Trail
A couple that are accused of being spies are put to death -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight was the 34th president -
Ray Kroc
Joined Mcdonalds and built it into its profitable business of today. -
Domino Theory
a theory from the 1950s to the 1980s, that if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect. -
Jonas Salk
Jonas salk is responsible for creating the polio vaccine. -
interstate Highway Act
The bill created a 41,000-mile “National System of Interstate and Defense Highways” -
Space Race
The Space Race was a competition between the Soviet Union USSR and the United States US, for supremacy in spaceflight capability. -
Anti-War Movement
the 1960s went from peacful protests to much more violent protests as the people began to feel ignored. -
John F Kennedy
John F Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States -
Cuban Missile Crisis
a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba -
Lyndon B johnson
The 36th president of the United States -
Gulf of tonkin resolution
Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, allowing 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 -
Miranda V Arizona
Miranda felt like his rights were violated but the court said his rights were not violated. -
Tet Offensive
one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War -
Richard Nixon
The 37th president of the united states. -
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 -
26th amendment
People 18 years and older can now vote -
vietnam war
the Second Indochina War, and known in Vietnam as Resistance War Against America or simply the American War -
Roy Benavidez
Roy B Was in the army special forces and recieved the metal of honor. -
Rust Belt and Sun belt
Regions of the united states -
Betty Friedan
A female that wrote the book "The Feminine mystique" -
Great society
a set of domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964–65 -
McCarthyism
the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence.
