-
Dwight D Eisenhower
He was the 34th US president, He was also a 5 star general. -
Ray Kroc
He was a business man and joined with the company McDonalds in 1954 and made it the most successful place to this day. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
LBJ was the 36th president. -
Richards Nixon
Nixon was the 37th US President serving from 1969-1974 -
Jonas Salk
He discoverd and made the Polio Vaccine. Poliovirus destroys the nerve cells in the spinal cord. -
John F Kennedy
JFK was an american politician and served as the 35th president. -
Betty Friedan
She was an american writer, activist. She was also a leading figure for women. -
Gary Powers
He was an american pilot with the U2 spy agency. Died at the age 48 -
Roy Benavidez
He was a member of the US Army Special forces. He also recieved a medal of honor. -
Abbie Hoffman
He was an amercian political and social activist. He died April 12 1989. -
HUAC
The House Un-American Activities Committee purpose was to "spy" on peoples activites and was created 1938 -
War Powers Act
This was an american emergency law that increased american power. -
Venona Project
It was the action of the US trying to decode these messages sent the the soviets. -
G.I Bill
It was a law that benefitted many returning World War II veterans -
Containment Policy
It was a policy to prevent the spread of communism. -
Iron Curtain
It was imaginary boundry dividing Europe from the end of WW2 -
Baby Boom generation
These were the people that were born between 1946-1964 which was the time period where there were a lot of kids born. -
Cold War
The cold war was a period of time where there was awkward tension between the democracies of the western world and the communist countries of Europe -
Truman Doctrine
This was a speech saying that the US would help any countryin their struggle. -
Marshall plan
They made the Marshall Plan to assist financially the european countries to help recover and rebuild. -
Berlin Airlift
Divivded and occupied germany after WW2 -
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. "Intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949." -
Domino Theroy
This was a thoery that speculated that if one country came under the influence of communism then other would follow. -
Rock n' Roll
Rock n Roll strated around the 1950's. This type of music was hit back then and to this day still is. -
1950 Prosperity
At the momnt the us had its strongest millitary camps, and mostly everything was good. -
Beatnik
a person who participated in a social movement of the 1950s and early 1960s which stressed artistic self-expression and the rejection of the mores of conventional society -
McCarthyism
Also known as the Red Scare, it refers to the campaign made during this time period. -
1950's
Baseball was pretty big, everything was basically okay. Millitary was good, the beginig of the Cold War. -
Korean War
This war was betwwen South and North Korea. -
Rosenberg trial
It prosecutes a couple for supposedly having the possession of nuclear secrets to the russians. -
Vietnam war
It was a war the consisted of basically communism between North and South Vietnam. -
Interstate Highway Act
President Dwight D Eisenhower signed this bill on June 29, 1956. -
Space Race
It was a competition in the 20th century between the US and Soviet Union. -
1960's
Martian Luther King and the civil rights act was pretty big at this time. JFK was president, everything was starting to become new. -
Bay of Pigs
Invasion to Cuba by the CIA in 1961. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviet Union installed nuclear missiles into Cuba. -
Great society
They were Domestic programs set up by LBJ. He basically wanted to end racial injustice. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
This was passed so that President Johnson would make decisions on anything he believed was necessary. -
Medicaid vs Medicare
Both Medicare and Medicaid can help with healthcare but Medicaid is specifically for elderly and for some that have special disabilities. Medicare is just helps everyone in general of all ages. -
Anti war movement
People in opposition to the nation's decision to start or carry on an armed conflict -
Tet Offensive
It was one of the largest millitary camps during the Vietnam War. -
1970's
Womens rights, vietnam war came to and end, inflationa dndrugs were pretty bad. -
Vietnamization
President Nixon decided to with draw almost 150,000 US troops from vietnam. -
1980's
Some say living through the 80's was good and bad. Everything was ugly, people did not care what they wore. Everyone was themselves.
