| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Nikita Khrushchev | President of USSR, worked on Russia's early space program. |
| Sputnik | first man-made satellite in earth orbit |
| Douglas McArthur | Leader of the U.S. forces in the Korean War, when defending against the North Koreans |
| Jack Kerouac | an American author, poet and painter; considered a pioneer of the Beat Generation. |
| Winston Churchill | warned America about an Iron Curtain" |
| Werner von Braun | a German rocket physicist and astronautics engineer, first worked in Germany until the US wanted him. |
| Rosa Parks | started the Montgomery Bus Boycotts by refusing to give up her seat |
| Elvis Presley | First big time white rock and roll star, huge amounts of women loved him |
| Levittown | a suburb of New York City |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. | "I have dream..." |
| Hugh Hefner | Creator of Playboy magazine, also had huge amounts of women loving him |
| Marshall Plan | the effort to aid the people of Europe in rebuilding their nations |
| Berlin Airlift | Americans bring planes to give aid to the people of Berlin who were starving from Russian neglect |
| Interstate Highway Act | his legislation provided twenty-six billion dollars to build interstate highways |
| Julius and Ethel Rosenburg | American scientists convicted of giving nuclear secrets to the USSR |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | was the thirty-fourth President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 and a five-star general in the United States Army |
| Orville Faubus | governor of Arkansas; refused to segregate Little Rock Central High School |
| Checkers Speech | Richard Nixon's speech on t.v. after being accused of many scams and other bad things |
| Brown v. Board of Ed | established separate public schools for black and white students denied black children equal educational opportunities |
| Atomic Bomb | changed war forever; led to the concept of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) |
| Duck and Cover | Is a term for what you do in case of a atomic explosion. |
| Little Rock Nine | African-American students who were the first to integrate schools in their hometown |
| Hungarian Revolution | Hungarians rebel against their communist government, fails when America doesn't back them up |
| Harry S. Truman | 33rd President of the United States; ordered bombing of Hiroshima; aided other nations to contain communism |
| Iron Curtain | the border between Communist and Democratic nations in Europe |
| Consumer Culture | Created by advertisement, and began American's need to buy things. |
| Hollywood Blacklist | writers and directors who were accused of being "communist sympathizers" |
| Rock and Roll | Music style pioneered by blacks like Little Richard and the first white star was Elvis Pressly |
| Joseph McCarthy | an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator |
| HUAC | led Sen. Joseph McCarthy; investigated communist activity inside and outside of the government |
| Jackie Robinson | First African American major league baseball player. |
| American Space Program | fell behind the Russians early; but eventually landed on the moon |
| Baby Boom | Times of plenty in the 1950's that lead to a huge amount of baby making |
| Korean War | a period of military conflict between North Korea and South Korea |
| McDonald's | the first name in fast food; changed the way we eat |
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