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Dwight D. Eisenhower
He was the 34th president of the United States. He served from 1953 until 1961. He was also a five star general in the United Ststes Army during World War II. He also served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe. -
Ray Kroc
Ray Kroc was an American buisnessman and philanthorpist. He joined McDonald's making it the most successful fast food operation in the world. He joined the buisness in 1954 and it exploded shortly after that. -
1950's prosperity
The United States was the world’s strongest military power. 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. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
He is often referred to as LBJ. He was the 36th president of the United States. He served from 1963 to 1969. He dies on January 22, 1973 -
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon was the 37th president of the United States. He served from 1969 to 1974. Richard became the only president to reign from the office. He died on April 22, 1994. -
Jonas Salk
Jonas Salk was an American medical researcher. He discovered and developed a successful vacine for polio. He died on June 23, 1995. -
John F. Kennedy
He was elected as president in 1960 as the youngest and the first Roman Catholic to become president. He was the 35th president of the United States. He is known as one of the greatest presidents America has ever had for the many things he has done for the country. He was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. -
Betty Friedan
Betty was an American wrighter, faminist and activist. She wrote a book The Faminine Mystique in 1963 breaking new ground by exploring the idea of women finding personal fulfillment outside of their traditional roles. She was one of the founders of NOW. She died on Februaury 4, 2006. -
Gary Powers
He was an American Pilot. His Central Intelligence Agency U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying. The plane was shot down while he was flying a reconnaissance mission in Soviet Union airspace. This caused the 1960 U-2 incident. -
Roy Benavidez
Roy recieved the medal of honor because of his brave and heroic actions while serving in the United States Army Special Forces. he was a retired United States Army master sargeant, He died on November 29, 1998 -
Abbie Hoffman
He was a political and social activist and anarchist. He co-founded the Youth International Party. He was known for his successful media events. He died on April 12, 1989. -
War Powers Act
The War Powers Act was an American emergency law that increased Federal power during World War II. It was signed by the Untied States President FDR and was made a law on December 18, 1941 which was less than 2 weeks after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. -
Venona Papers
To what extent some of the individuals named in the Venona papers were actually involved with Soviet intelligence is a topic of dispute. The following list of individuals is extracted in large part from the work of historians John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr and reflects their previous points of view. -
G.I. Bill
The term GI Bill refers to any Department of Veterans Affairs education benefit earned by members of Active Duty, Selected Reserve and National Guard Armed Forces and their families. The benefit is designed to help servicemembers and eligible veterans cover the costs associated with getting an education or training. -
Cold War
Was a constant non-violent war of hostaliy between the United States and the Soviet Union. It lasted from 1945 to 1990. -
Iron Curtain
It was an imaginary boundary that divided Europe into two seperate areas from the end of World War II to the end of the Cold War in 1991. -
HUAC
The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), a committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, investigated allegations of communist activity in the U.S. during the early years of the Cold War (1945-91). -
Baby Boom Generation
People known as "baby boomers" are people who were born after World War II which is known as the baby boom generation and was from approximately 1946 to 1964. -
Truman Doctrine
Was the principle that the US should give suoport to countries. It was also the princple that US shoud give support to peopele by Soviet Forces or communist insurrection. It was first talked about by President Truman in 1947 in a speech to Congress that was seeking aide for Turkey and Greece. The doctorine was seen by the communists as an open declaration for the Cold War. -
Containment Policy
Containment was a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. A component of the Cold War, this policy was a response to a series of moves by the Soviet Union to enlarge its communist sphere of influence in Eastern Europe, China, Korea, and Vietnam. -
Marshall plan
The Marshall Plan was an American initiative to aid Western Europe. It gave Western Europe about $13 billion dollars in economic support to help rebuild after the End of the World War -
Berlin Airlift
The Allies partitioned Germnay into 4 different occupied zones. In June 1948, the Russians that wanted Berlin all to themselves closed all highways, railroads and canals. They believed this would prevent anyone that lived there from getting food or any other necesseties needed to live. But to compromize, the United States decided to provide for the people from the air. -
NATO
It was a military alliance of European and North America democraties that were found after World War II. This strengthen international ties between member states (especially the United States and Europe). This also served as a counter-balance to the soviet union and the Warsaw Pact. -
Domino Theory
The domino theory was a political event in one country will similar events in neighboring countires, like a falling domino causing an entire row of upended dominoes to fall. This theory govenrned most of the United States foreign policy which began in the 1950s. -
Rock n' Role
A type of popular dance music originating in the 1950s, characterized by a heavy beat and simple melodies. Rock and roll was an amalgam of black rhythm and blues and white country music, usually based on a twelve-bar structure and an instrumentation of guitar, bass, and drums. -
Beatniks
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; broadly : a usually young and artistic person who rejects the mores of conventional society. -
McCarthyism
McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. It also means the practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques, especially in order to restrict dissent or political criticism. -
Korean War
The war between South Korea and North Korea is known as the Korean War. A United Nations force led by the United States fought for the south and China fought for the north and that was also assisted by the Soviet Union. -
Rosenberg Trial
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). -
Interstate Highway Act
The law authorized the construction of a 41,000-mile network of interstate highways that would span the nation. The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956. It took several years of wrangling, but a new Federal-Aid Highway Act passed in June 1956. -
Bay of Pigs
Fidel Castro led his guerilla army into Havana and overthrew General Fulgencio Batista. The invaders were badly out numbered by troops and they sureendered in less than 24 hours of fighting -
Space Race
Beggining in the late 1950s, space would become anther dramatic arena for the competition. Each side fought to prove its superiorty if its technology. This was also apart of the Cold War -
Cuban Missle Crisis
The Cuban Missle Crisis was also known as the October Crisis, the Carriebean Crisis or the Missle Scare was a 13-day confrontation between the Untied States and the Soviet Union. It concerned the Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba. -
Great Society
The Great Society was a speech given by President Lyndon Johnson. The main goal of this was to eliminate poverty and racial judgement. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution on August 7, 1964. This authorized President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in South Asia. -
Medicare
Medicare is the federal health insurance program for people who are 65 or older, certain younger people with disabilities, and people with End-Stage Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a transplant, sometimes called ESRD) -
Medicare
Medicare is the federal health insurance program for people who are 65 or older, certain younger people with disabilities, and people with End-Stage Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a transplant, sometimes called ESRD). -
Miranda vs. Arizona
Four trials were held and none of them were given the warning of his right. The Court held that “there can be no doubt that the Fifth Amendment privilege is available outside of criminal court proceedings and serves to protect persons in all settings in which their freedom of action is curtailed in any significant way from being compelled to incriminate themselves.” -
Tet Offensive 1968
This was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. It started on January 30, 1968 by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese People's army against Vietnam. -
Vietnamization
In 1973, the U.S. negotiated a treaty with the North Vietnamese that withdrew American combat troops and declared the Vietnamization process complete. -
The fall of Saigon
The fall of Saigon officaly marked the end of the Vietnam War on April 30, 1975. "By 1975, what remained of the South Vietnamese Army was not capable of withstanding the advance of the North and it was an inevitability that Saigon would fall to communist forces."
