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Richard M. Nixon

ran with Eisenhower for republic VP. Accused of having a secret slush fund and gave the Checkers speech on television to defend himself.

Betty Friedan

started modern feminist movement with The Feminine Mystique (1963).

Elvis Presley

born in Memphis. Popularized rock n roll through looks, voice, and sex appeal. Iconic in music and film.

Rosa Parks

refused to give up her bus seat to a white man and got arrested. Sparked Montgomery bus boycott.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

led the civil rights movement in southern US, iassassinated later on

Ernest Hemingway

wrote the old man and the sea. Won Nobel prize for literature. Killed himself.

John Steinbeck

wrote east of eden and travels with charley. won Nobel price for literature.

Ella Baker

Earl Warren

John Foster Dulles

Sec of state, wanted to go beyond containment and promote “roll back” communism to liberate countries that bad been taken over by it, increase nuclear weapons by cutting military spending, created SEATO

Nikita Khrushchev

Stalin’s successor, met with Eisenhower a few times, debated with Nixon, renounced Stalin’s atrocities, spoke of evacuating Berlin

Ho Chi Minh

Vietnamese leader who was quite communist and wanted to drive out France. Led north Vietnam.

Gamal Abdel Nasser

leader of Egypt, Nassar nationalized the Suez Canal in response to the US revoking its monetary offer due to Nassar flirting with communism.

Fidel Castro

communist leader of Cuba alongside Che Guevara, overthrew Fulgencio Batista whom the US supported. Nationalized cuban lands majority of which were owned by the US. Wanted to take from large landowners then distribute the land to the people but it was very brutal. Caused US to break diplomatic relations and start an embargo.

John F. Kennedy

catholic democrat nominee, won a close election against Nixon,

Lyndon Baines Johnson

Jackson Pollock

flung paint onto canvases to create modern art

Claes Oldenburg

turned everyday objects like telephones into giant sizes sculptures/art

Andy Warhol

created “pop art” with paintings such as tomato soup can and Marilyn Monroe.

Frank Lloyd Wright

understudy of Louis Sullivan, architect using concrete glass and steel. “Form follows function”

Jack Kerouac

Joseph McCarthy

Claimed that Sec of State Dean Acheson hired 205 communists. Led the red hunt/red scare.

Dean Acheson

Sec of State accused by McCarthy of hiring communists.

George Marshall

General who was accused by McCarthy of being in some kind of communist conspiracy.

Allen Ginsberg

New Jersey-born poet. Served as spokesman of the Beat Generation. Wrote Howl and Other Poems sparked San Francisco literary renaissance. Brought nationwide publicity to the bohemian Beat movement.

Arthur Miller

Wrote Death of a Salesman which criticized the conformity culture of the 50s. The Crucible wealth with Salem witch trials but was mostly a criticism of McCarthyism.

Ralph Ellison

Oklahoma-born and Tuskegee-educate novelist. Wrote Invisible Man. Great novel about the 20th century African American experience.

Robert F. Kennedy

Younger brother of JFK. US attorney general during Kennedy administration. Elected senator of NY. Antiwar, pro-civil rights presidential candidate which challenged President Johnson. Assassinated later into his campaign.

Robert S. McNamara

Sec of Defense, chief architect of the Vietnam war, previous businessman. Author of “flexible response” doctrine which created a variety of military options and avoided a stark choice between nuclear warfare and none at all.

Ngo Dinh Diem

US-backed leader of South Vietnam, took power after Geneva Accords, assassinated by a coup later.

James Meredith

First black American to attend University of Mississippi after being blocked several times by segregationist politicians. Icon of civil rights movement.

John Kenneth Galbraith

Harvard economist, wrote The Affluent Society.

Adlai Stevenson

Illinois governor nominated by democrats for presidency (1952) Eisenhower said he was soft on communism

Marilyn Monroe

featured on playboy magazine and was an extremely famous sex symbol.

Gunnar Myrdal

wrote An American Dilemma, pointed out the hypocrisy of The American Creed when placed against reality of racism in America

Jackie Robinson

first black person to play in the major Leagues. One of the first steps in the civil rights movement.

Ezra Taft Benson

Sec of Agriculture, let the gov by up grain at the clip of $2M per day in hopes of keeping prices up but farmers still struggled.

Mohammed Reza Pahlevi

CIA installed him in Iran as a dictator so that Russia could not influence the Middle East with communism

James Hoffa

leader of AFL-CIO, convicted of jury-tampering then served time in jail then disappeared

Richard M. Nixon

ran with Eisenhower for republic VP. Accused of having a secret slush fund and gave the Checkers speech on television to defend himself. 37th president of US. “Communist hunter”. Resigned amid Watergate scandal.

Betty Friedan

started second wave modern feminist movement with The Feminine Mystique (1963).

Elvis Presley

born in Memphis. Popularized rock n roll through looks, voice, and sex appeal. Iconic in music and film.

Rosa Parks

refused to give up her bus seat to a white man and got arrested. Sparked Montgomery bus boycott. NAACP leader in Alabama.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

baptist preacher, led the civil rights movement in southern US including Montgomery bus boycott, founded SCLC, I have a dream speech in March on Washington, assassinated later on

Ernest Hemingway

wrote the old man and the sea. Won Nobel prize for literature. Killed himself.

John Steinbeck

wrote east of eden and travels with charley. won Nobel price for literature.

Ella Baker

Earl Warren

Liberal California politician appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court by Dwight Eisenhower in 1953, serving until 1969. Warren was principally known for moving the Court to the left in defense of civil and individual rights in such cases as Brown v. Board of Education (1954), Griswold v. Connecticut (1965), and Miranda v. Arizona (1966).

John Foster Dulles

Sec of state, wanted to go beyond containment and promote “roll back” communism to liberate countries that bad been taken over by it (policy of boldness), increase nuclear weapons by cutting military spending, created SEATO, supported American intervention in Vietnam

Nikita Khrushchev

Stalin’s successor, met with Eisenhower a few times, debated with Nixon, renounced Stalin’s atrocities, spoke of evacuating Berlin but backed down later on, participated in cuban missile crisis but backed down when confronted by JFK

Ho Chi Minh

Vietnamese leader who was quite communist and wanted to drive out foreign occupation such as the French and Japanese. Led north Vietnam. Led the war to unify Vietnam in opposition to US.

Gamal Abdel Nasser

pan-crab nationalist president of Egypt, Nassar nationalized the Suez Canal in response to the US revoking its monetary offer due to Nassar flirting with communism. Reputation tarnished because of failure in Sixty war but still remained popular.

Fidel Castro

communist leader of Cuba alongside Che Guevara, overthrew Fulgencio Batista’s dictatorship which the US supported. Nationalized cuban lands majority of which were owned by the US. Wanted to take from large landowners then distribute the land to the people but it was very brutal. Caused US to break diplomatic relations and start an embargo.

John F. Kennedy

catholic democrat nominee, won a close election against Nixon, WW2 navy hero, launched New Frontier programs and improved civil rights. Assumed blame for Bay of Pigs and handled the Cuban missile crisis well. Assassinated by Harvey Oswald.

Lyndon Baines Johnson

vp of JFK but assumed presidency when he died, Texas democrat, responsible for liberal programs like Great Society, War on Poverty, and civil rights legislation. Escalated the Vietnam War.

Jackson Pollock

flung paint onto canvases to create modern art using abstract expressionism

Claes Oldenburg

turned everyday objects like telephones into giant sizes sculptures/art

Andy Warhol

created “pop art” with paintings such as tomato soup can and Marilyn Monroe.

Frank Lloyd Wright

understudy of Louis Sullivan, architect using concrete glass and steel. “Form follows function”

Jack Kerouac

frenetic novelist and progenitor of the bohemian Beat Generation which he came up with. Published their unofficial bible, On the Road.

Joseph McCarthy

Claimed that Sec of State Dean Acheson hired 205 communists. Led the red hunt/red scare.

Dean Acheson

Sec of State accused by McCarthy of hiring communists.

George Marshall

General who was accused by McCarthy of being in some kind of communist conspiracy.

Allen Ginsberg

New Jersey-born poet. Served as spokesman of the Beat Generation. Wrote Howl and Other Poems sparked San Francisco literary renaissance. Brought nationwide publicity to the bohemian Beat movement.

Arthur Miller

Wrote Death of a Salesman which criticized the conformity and materialist culture of the 50s. The Crucible wealth with Salem witch trials but was mostly a criticism of McCarthyism.

Ralph Ellison

Oklahoma-born and Tuskegee-educate novelist. Wrote Invisible Man. Great novel about the 20th century African American experience.

Robert F. Kennedy

Younger brother of JFK. US attorney general during Kennedy administration. Elected senator of NY. Antiwar, pro-civil rights presidential candidate which challenged President Johnson. Assassinated later into his campaign.

Robert S. McNamara

Sec of Defense, chief architect of the Vietnam war, previous businessman. Author of “flexible response” doctrine which created a variety of military options and avoided a stark choice between nuclear warfare and none at all.

Ngo Dinh Diem

US-backed leader of South Vietnam, took power after Geneva Accords, assassinated by a coup later.

James Meredith

First black American to attend University of Mississippi after being blocked several times by segregationist politicians. Icon of civil rights movement.

John Kenneth Galbraith

Harvard economist, wrote The Affluent Society.

Adlai Stevenson

Illinois governor nominated by democrats for presidency (1952) Eisenhower said he was soft on communism

Marilyn Monroe

featured on playboy magazine and was an extremely famous sex symbol.

Gunnar Myrdal

wrote An American Dilemma, pointed out the hypocrisy of The American Creed when placed against reality of racism in America

Jackie Robinson

first black person to play in the major Leagues. One of the first steps in the civil rights movement.

Ezra Taft Benson

Sec of Agriculture, let the gov by up grain at the clip of $2M per day in hopes of keeping prices up but farmers still struggled.

Mohammed Reza Pahlevi

CIA installed him in Iran as a dictator so that Russia could not influence the Middle East with communism

James Hoffa

leader of AFL-CIO, convicted of jury-tampering then served time in jail then disappeared

Richard M. Nixon

ran with Eisenhower for republic VP. Accused of having a secret slush fund and gave the Checkers speech on television to defend himself. 37th president of US. “Communist hunter”. Resigned amid Watergate scandal.

Betty Friedan

started second wave modern feminist movement with The Feminine Mystique (1963).

Elvis Presley

born in Memphis. Popularized rock n roll through looks, voice, and sex appeal. Iconic in music and film.

Rosa Parks

refused to give up her bus seat to a white man and got arrested. Sparked Montgomery bus boycott. NAACP leader in Alabama.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

baptist preacher, led the civil rights movement in southern US including Montgomery bus boycott, founded SCLC, I have a dream speech in March on Washington, assassinated later on

Ernest Hemingway

wrote the old man and the sea. Won Nobel prize for literature. Killed himself.

John Steinbeck

wrote east of eden and travels with charley. won Nobel price for literature.

Ella Baker

Earl Warren

Liberal California politician appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court by Dwight Eisenhower in 1953, serving until 1969. Warren was principally known for moving the Court to the left in defense of civil and individual rights in such cases as Brown v. Board of Education (1954), Griswold v. Connecticut (1965), and Miranda v. Arizona (1966).

John Foster Dulles

Sec of state, wanted to go beyond containment and promote “roll back” communism to liberate countries that bad been taken over by it (policy of boldness), increase nuclear weapons by cutting military spending, created SEATO, supported American intervention in Vietnam

Nikita Khrushchev

Stalin’s successor, met with Eisenhower a few times, debated with Nixon, renounced Stalin’s atrocities, spoke of evacuating Berlin but backed down later on, participated in cuban missile crisis but backed down when confronted by JFK

Ho Chi Minh

Vietnamese leader who was quite communist and wanted to drive out foreign occupation such as the French and Japanese. Led north Vietnam. Led the war to unify Vietnam in opposition to US.

Gamal Abdel Nasser

pan-crab nationalist president of Egypt, Nassar nationalized the Suez Canal in response to the US revoking its monetary offer due to Nassar flirting with communism. Reputation tarnished because of failure in Sixty war but still remained popular.

Fidel Castro

communist leader of Cuba alongside Che Guevara, overthrew Fulgencio Batista’s dictatorship which the US supported. Nationalized cuban lands majority of which were owned by the US. Wanted to take from large landowners then distribute the land to the people but it was very brutal. Caused US to break diplomatic relations and start an embargo.

John F. Kennedy

catholic democrat nominee, won a close election against Nixon, WW2 navy hero, launched New Frontier programs and improved civil rights. Assumed blame for Bay of Pigs and handled the Cuban missile crisis well. Assassinated by Harvey Oswald.

Lyndon Baines Johnson

vp of JFK but assumed presidency when he died, Texas democrat, responsible for liberal programs like Great Society, War on Poverty, and civil rights legislation. Escalated the Vietnam War.

Jackson Pollock

flung paint onto canvases to create modern art using abstract expressionism

Claes Oldenburg

turned everyday objects like telephones into giant sizes sculptures/art

Andy Warhol

created “pop art” with paintings such as tomato soup can and Marilyn Monroe.

Frank Lloyd Wright

understudy of Louis Sullivan, architect using concrete glass and steel. “Form follows function”

Jack Kerouac

frenetic novelist and progenitor of the bohemian Beat Generation which he came up with. Published their unofficial bible, On the Road.

Joseph McCarthy

Claimed that Sec of State Dean Acheson hired 205 communists. Led the red hunt/red scare.