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The study of the science of flight (planes and/or space)
Aeronautics
Two or more countries compete in increasingly hostile (tense) military buildup
Arms Race
A period of time with a significant (big) increase in birth rate (following World War II into the early 1960s)
Baby Boom
A classless system in which the means of production and property owned entirely by the government (to be distributed by the government)
Communism
“Officially the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, the G.I. Bill was created to help veterans of World War II. It established hospitals, made low-interest mortgages available and granted stipends covering tuition and expenses for veterans attending college or trade schools.”
G.I. Bill (1944)
Plan to rebuild western Europe in a post-war (WWII) effort to combat Communism
Marshall Plan (1948)
A Cold War “battle” between the capitalist U.S and communist U.S.S.R regarding who could get to space, firs
Space Race
Students working to create political, social, environmental, and/or economic change
Campus Activism/Anti-War Protests
Concrete and barbed wire wall separating East (German Democratic Republic - GDR) and West Germany (free) from August 13, 1961 to November 9, 1989.
Berlin Wall (1961-1989)
Thirteen day stand-off between the U.S. and U.S.S.R over the installation of nuclear missiles on Cuba by the U.S.S.R
Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
Used to describe President Lyndon B. Johnson’s handling of the Vietnam War (what his administration said about the war versus what actually happened)
Credibility Gap
Easing of tensions or hostility between nations
detente
A theory during the Cold War that one communist country would quickly lead to neighboring countries becoming communist
Domino Theory
Established the Middle East as a Cold War “battlefield” (1945-1991)
Eisenhower Doctrine (1957)
Authorized President Lyndon B. Johnson to “take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and prevent further aggression” by communist North Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1963)
November 4 1979-January 21, 1981 (444 days) Iranian students stormed the U.S Embassy in Tehran, Iran and took 60 American hostages
Iran Hostage Crisis
Created by the U.S, Canada, and Western European countries as an alliance (group) against the U.S.S.R
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO - 1949)
Occurred at the end of World War II into the late 1950s creating hysteria (paranoia) about communists spies and targets throughout the United States (McCarthyism)
Second Red Scare
President Harry Truman’s declaration that the U.S would help (political, military, and economic) democratic nations from authoritarian threats
Truman Doctrine (1947)
George W. Bush - Texas (R) vs. Al Gore - Tennesee (D) - Bush lost the popular vote, but won the Electoral College (created new debate about the Electoral College)
Election of 2000