People I
first American in Space
Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
increase i birthrate following WWII
baby boom
date President Kennedy was assassinated
1963
first American to orbit Earth
John Glenn
great roadways linking the states
Interstate Highway System
Communist dictator who took control of Cuba by convincing the Cuban people that he would liberate the working class from the dictator Fulgencio Batista
Fidel Castro
first U.S. satellite
Explorer I
date of Cuban Missile Crisis
1962
candidate who ran and lost against JFK in 1960
Richard Nixon
waterway finished in 1959 that connected the Great Lakes to the world
St. Lawrence Seaway
doctor who developed polio vaccine
Dr. Jonas Salk
real-estate company that introduced mass production of low-cost housing in the 1940's
Levitt & Sons
site where an American-trained force of Cuban freedom fighters invaded Cuba but failed after Kennedy backed away from his promise of American air cover and support
Bay of Pigs
Jewish Americans who were tried and convicted of treason for leaking vital atomic bomb secrets to Russian agents
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
military alliances strengthened by Eisenhower to prevent the spread of Communism
NATO, SEATO
senator who charged that the U.S. State Department had been infiltrated by a large number of Communist spies
Joseph McCarthy
government program that sent out volunteers, mostly college students, to improve the health and farming practices of underdeveloped areas around the world
Peace Corps
Kennedy ordered a naval blockade around Cuba to pressure the Soviet Union to remove their weapons in Cuba and to preent further missiles and nuclear warheads from being shipped to the island
Cuban Missile Crisis
wife of martyr and author of Through the Gates of Splendor
Elisabeth Elliot
landmark Supreme Court ruling which called for the desegregation of all public schools
Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka
Black student who successfully enrolled at the all-white University of Mississippi
conference in 1955 that indicated a a Soviet mindset shift from active agitation and aggression to what they called a peaceful coexistence
Geneva Summit
former Communist Party member and Soviet spy who turned against Communism when he realized its true nature
Whittaker Chambers