| Dwight Eisenhower | Was the 34 President of the United States who was a general in WW2, he was president during the surrender of the Korean War and also worked to end the tensions of the Cold War | Dwight Eisenhower was the 34 president of the US who was known for being a general in WW2, during his presidency, he worked to end cold war tensions and saw the surrender of the Korean War |
| John F. Kennedy | Was the youngest and first Catholic president elected. He sent the Green Beret to Vietnam and also developed the peace corps | John F Kennedy was the first Catholic president to be elected during his time in office he sent the Green Beret into Vietnam and developed the Peace Corps. |
| Richard Nixon | 37th president of the US was faced with impeachment for his involvement in the Watergate Scandal becoming the first president to resign from office, also served as vice president | Richard Nixon served as the 37 president who was faced with impeachment for his partaking in the Watergate Scandal, becoming the first president to resign from office. |
| Gerald Ford | The 38th president of the US continued the detente policy with both the Soviet Union and China, he also eased tensions in the Cold War. He was able to overcome opposition from members of Congress. | Gerald Ford served as the 38 president who continued the detente policy between the US and the Soviet Union and China. He also eased the Cold War tensions and was able to overcome opposition from members of Congress. |
| Jimmy Carter | the 39th president of the US who was governor of Georgia, lost to Regan and Bush. | Jimmy Carter served as the 39 president who was previously governor of Georgia. |
| G.I. Bill of Rights | Gave WW2 veterans funds for college education, unemployment insurance, and housing | The G I bill of rights gave ww2 vets funds for college, housing, and insurance |
| Truman Doctrine/Containment | Foreign policy that the US would provide political, military, and economic aid to democratic countries under the threat of communist influences | The Truman Doctrine was a foreign policy put into place that the US would provide military and economic aid to democratic countries under the threat of communist influences |
| United Nations/Security Council | Five permanent members(united states, Britain, France, China, USSR) with veto power in the United Nations, promised to carry out UN decisions with their own forces | The United Nations was made up of Britain, France, China, and the USSR that all had the veto power. All of the nations promised to carry out the UN decisions by means of their own forces. |
| Marshall Plan | Was proposed by George Marshall who proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe | The Marshall Plan was put into place by George Marshall in which the Us would provide economic assistance to help restore infrastructure of postwar Europe. |
| Berlin Airlift | Was a 1940s military operation supplying West Berlin with necessary items by air after the Soviet Blockade of the city | The Berlin Airlift was a military operation that was supplying west berlin with the necessary items by air since the soviets blocked the city. |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO) | Formed in 1949, as a security alliance of 30 countries from North America and Europe. Goal is to safeguard the allies' freedom and security by political means | NATO was formed as a security alliance of 30 countries from North America and Europe. Their main goal is to safeguard the allies' freedom and security by political means |
| Warsaw Pact | A collective treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other satellite states in central and eastern Europe | The Warsaw Pact was a treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven of its other satellite states in central and eastern Europe. |
| Iron Curtain | Made by Churchill to explain the divide of the cold war between western Europe and Eastern Europe | The Iron Curtain speech was made by Churchill explaining the divide of the cold war between western and eastern Europe |
| Cold War | A period of political, military, economic, and ideological tensions between the US and the USSR | The cold war is a period of political, military, economic, and ideological tensions that happened between the US and the USSR |
| Korean War | First hot war of the cold war between South Korea and North Korea, north backed by the soviets, south backed by the US | The Korean War was the first actual hot war that happened between the North and the South in which the north was backed by the soviets and the south was backed by the US |
| Dixiecrats | Southern democrats who left the party because of Truman's support for civil rights and ran a presidential ticket. | The Dixiecrats were southern democrats who had left the party because of Truman and his support for civil rights. |
| NSC-68 | Created by the National Security Council laying the blueprint for the military for the rest of the Cold War, providing aid to foreign allies | The NSC-68 was created by the NSC laying the blueprint for the military for the cold war providing aid to foreign allies |
| Red Scare(1950s) | A period of fear and persecution in the United States | The Red Scare of the 1950s was a period of fear and persecution in the United States |
| McCarthyism/HUAC | A brand of fear-mongering anticommunism associated with Joseph McCarthy. House Committee on Un American Activities that investigates what is considered un American propaganda. | McCarthyism was a fear of anticommunism that was associated with Joseph McCarthy. HUAC stands for House Committee on Un-American Activities that investigates what is considered un-American propaganda. |
| The people’s Republic of China/Mao Tse Tung | Commonly known as China. Mao Tse Tung was a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founder of the People’s Republic of China. | The People's Republic of China is commonly known as China. Mao Tse Tung was a Chinese communist revolutionary who founded the people’s Republic of China |
| Nikita Khrushchev | Was a communist party official who emerged from the power struggle after Stalin's death. | Nikita Khrushchev was the leader of the communist party after the power struggle of Stalin. |
| Sputnik/space race | The first-ever satellite to orbit the earth. A competition in space exploration between the United States and the Soviet Union. | Sputnik was the first soviet made satellite to orbit the earth. The space race was a competition between the US and the Soviet Union for space exploration. |
| Cuban Revolution/Fidel Castro | Armed revolt in Cuba in the 1950s. Cuban revolutionaries overthrew Batista and assumed control of the island country. | The Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt that happened in Cuba. Fidel Castro was a Cuban revolutionary who overthrew the current leader and assumed control of the island country |
| Jackie Robinson | First African American baseball player in the 20th century to take the field in America or the National League. | Jackie Robinson was the first African American baseball player to take the field in America National League |
| Brown v Board of Education | A court case where the Judges unanimously ruled that the segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. | Brown v Board of Education was a court case in which the judge unanimously ruled that the segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. |
| Emmett Till | An African American teenager who was murdered in Mississippi at the age of 14 for flirting with a white women | Emmett Till was an African American teenager who was murdered in Mississippi at 14 for flirting with a white women |
| Montgomery Bus Boycott/Rosa Parks | It was an event sparked by the arrest of Rosa Parks. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a 13-month mass protest in which the U S Supreme court ruled that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional | The Montgomery Bus Boycott was an event that was sparked by the arrest of Rosa parks in which the Supreme Court ruled that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional |