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Baby Boom
the larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War II
Generation Gap
The cultural seperation between children and their parents
Poverty Line
a level of personal income defining the state of poverty
Space Race
a competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union
New Frontier
The campaign program advocated by JFK in the 1960 election. He promised to revitalize the stagnant economy and enact reform legislation in education, health care, and civil rights.
Warren Commission
Commission made by LBJ after killing of John F. Kennedy. (Point is to investigate if someone paid for the assasination of Kennedy.) Conclusion is that Oswald killed Kennedy on his own. Commissioner is Chief Justice Warren.
Great Society
President Johnson called his version of the Democratic reform program the Great Society. In 1965, Congress passed many Great Society measures, including Medicare, civil rights legislation, and federal aid to education.
War on Poverty
President Lyndon B. Johnson's program in the 1960's to provide greater social services for the poor and elderly
Bay of Pigs
In April 1961, a group of Cuban exiles organized and supported by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency landed on the southern coast of Cuba in an effort to overthrow Fidel Castro. When the invasion ended in disaster, President Kennedy took full responsibility for the failure.
Missile Crisis
in cuba it had shaken both american and soviet officials. In all the years of cold war, the world never came closer to a full
Vietnam
a prolonged war (1954
credibility gap
lack of trust or believability
Hawks
those who supported the war
Doves
people who opposed the war
United Nations
an international peacekeeping organization to which most nations in the world belong, founded in 1945 to promote world peace, security, and economic development.
Satellite Nations
a country that is dominated politically and economically by another nation
Containtment
the blocking of another nation's attempts to spread its influence
Cold War
the state of hostility, without direct military conflict, that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II.
Truman Doctrine
a U.S. policy, announced by President Harry S. Truman in 1947, of providing economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents.
Marshall Plan
the program, proposed by Secretary of State George Marshall in 1947, under which the United States supplied economic aid to European nations to help them rebuild after World War II.
Berlin Airlift
the U.S. and U.K. delivered more than 2.3 million tons of food, fuel and supplies to West Berlin via more than 278,000 airdrops
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NOTA)
a defensive military alliance formed in 1949 by ten Western European countries, the United States, and Canada.
Korean War
a conflict between North Korea and South Korea, lasting from 1950 to 1953, in which the United States, along with other UN countries,
Hollywood Ten
ten witnesses from the film industry who refused to cooperate with the HUAC's investigation of Communist influence in Hollywood.
Blacklist
a list of about 500 actors, writers, producers, and directors who were not allowed to work on Hollywood films because of their alleged Communist connections.
McCarthyism
the attacks, often unsubstantiated, by Senator Joseph McCarthy and others on people suspected of being Communists in the early 1950s
infiltration
the act of penetrating a group or organization without being noticed for purposes such as spying
Hydrogen Bomb
Worse than the Atom bomb
Dwight D. Eisenhower
American general and the 34th President of the United States (1953
John Foster Dulles
American diplomat and politician who as U.S. secretary of state (1953
Brinkmanship
the practice of threatening an enemy with massive military retaliation for any aggression
Warsaw Pact
a military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellites
Eisenhower Doctrine
U.S. commitment to defend the Middle East against attack by any communist country, announced by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1957.
Truman Doctrine
Under this approach, the US supported any nations threatened by communism using $ or any other means possible.
Berlin Crisis
Occurred when the countries controlling the zones in western Germany decided to unite them; Stalin had other plans.
superpower
A nation with the ability to influence economic and political events around the world is called this.
babyboomer
3,548,000 of these contributed to the youth culture of the 1950s.
GI bill
For returning soldiers this provided Federal funds for education, businesses and new homes.
Nikita Khrushchev
This was the Soviet leader during the 1950s and Cuban Missile Crisis.
Mao Zedong
This person led a successful communist revolution in China in 1949.
Marshall Plan
George Marshall created this plan to rebuild Europe by loaning $17 billion to countries in need, but they must buy American.
Syngman Rhee
This South Korean leader was an ally of the US during the Korean War.
Sputnik
The successful launch of this satellite put fear in the hearts of Americans and started the Space Race.
Joseph McCarthy
This man started "witch hunts" in America, ruining the lives of many with false accusations.
Yalta
It allowed Stalin to keep the territory his troops had recovered during WWII.
Iron Curtain
Churchill's name for a division between eastern and western Europe (metaphor).
satellite nations
Nations controlled politically or economically by a more powerful nation.
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Warsaw Pact
Stalin's response to NATO
red scare
fear of communism
Berlin Airlift
Planes flew in supplies to Western Berlin for over a year to keep it democratic and free.
proxy war
US and USSR fighting over ideologies in a third country.
NASA
Formed to create satellites and missiles to compete with the USSR after Sputnik.
Gary Powers
Pilot of a US spy plane that crashed in the USSR.
Interstate Highway Act
Paid for a $250 million highway system in the 1950s.
suburbs
Developed because of the need for space, automobiles, and A
Rosenbergs
American citizens found guilty of espionage and executed for it.
Neil Armstrong
First man to walk on the moon.
Chiang Kai
was a Chinese Nationalist politician, revolutionary, and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China from 1928 to his death in 1975
Operation Mongoose
US plan to destroy Cube economically and assassinate Castro.
EXCom
Advisory committee organized by JFK during the cuban missile crisis.
Kim Il Sung
Leader of North Korea during the Korean War.
Douglas MacArthur
General who challenged Truman's authority during the Korean War; he was fired.
"race music"
Refers to music by black artists in the 1950s; early rock n' roll.
"limited war"
US strategy in Korea; we didn;t use all our resources (nuclear weapons).
DMZ zone
"No Man's Land" along the 38th parallel, separates North and South Korea
Gail Halvorsen
Pilot who dropped candy to the children of Berlin during the airlift.
1963 Limited NuclearTest Ban Treaty
JFK and Khrushchev agreed to ban testing nuclear weapons in the air, space and underwater.
"Duck and Cover"
Bert the turtle's advice to children on what to do if attacked by an atomic bomb.
superpower
A nation with the ability to influence economic and political events around the world is called this.
Levittown
These homes were mass produced utilizing building strategies used in WWII.
GI bill
For returning soldiers this provided Federal funds for education, businesses and new homes.
Mao Zedong
This person led a successful communist revolution in China in 1949.
Syngman Rhee
This South Korean leader was an ally of the US during the Korean War.
Sputnik
The successful launch of this satellite put fear in the hearts of Americans and started the Space Race.
Joseph McCarthy
This man started "witch hunts" in America, ruining the lives of many with false accusations.
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bomb effect on 1950s
red scare
fear of communism
proxy war
US and USSR fighting over ideologies in a third country.
NASA
Formed to create satellites and missiles to compete with the USSR after Sputnik.
Gary Powers
Pilot of a US spy plane that crashed in the USSR.
Interstate Highway Act
Paid for a $250 million highway system in the 1950s.
suburbs
Developed because of the need for space, automobiles, and A
automobile
Everyone could afford one, diners and drive
HUAC
The House Committee on Un-American Activities (They looked out for the communist "hiding”
Rosenbergs
American citizens found guilty of espionage and executed for it.
Fulgencio Batista
Cuban military officer and politician who served as the elected president of Cuba from 1940 to 1944
Operation Mongoose
US plan to destroy Cube economically and assassinate Castro.
Kim Il Sung
Leader of North Korea during the Korean War.
Douglas MacArthur
General who challenged Truman's authority during the Korean War; he was fired.
"race music"
Refers to music by black artists in the 1950s; early rock n' roll.
"limited war"
US strategy in Korea; we didn;t use all our resources (nuclear weapons).
Gail Halvorsen
Pilot who dropped candy to the children of Berlin during the airlift.
1963 Limited NuclearTest Ban Treaty
JFK and Khrushchev agreed to ban testing nuclear weapons in the air, space and underwater.
"Duck and Cover"
Bert the turtle's advice to children on what to do if attacked by an atomic bomb.
The 38th Parallel
The latitude line that marked the border between North and South Korea
Iron Curtain
a political barrier that isolated the peoples of Eatern Europe after WWII, restricting their ability to travel outside the region
Arms Race
a competition between nations to have the most powerful armaments
Bamboo Curtain
an ideological barrier around communist China especially in the 1950s and 1960s
Domino Theory
the political theory that if one nation comes under Communist control then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control
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