The political and military barrier that isolated Soviet-controlled countries of Eastern Europe after World War II.

This act provided funds to help veterans establish businesses, buy homes, and attend college.

A supposed shortage in the number of nuclear weapons possessed by the United States compared to the number the Soviet Union had.

This person helped set off the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

A jellied gasoline that explodes on contact.

A policy which was to aid those who worked to resist being controlled by others- mainly from Communism.

One of the earliest mass-produced suburbs with hundreds of simple, similar-looking homes.

A judicial requirement that laws may not treat individuals unfairly, arbitrarily, or unreasonably, and that courts must follow proper procedures and rules when trying cases.

This case ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.

The nickname for people who wanted the United States to leave Vietnam.

Stalin and Truman meet up to discuss a deal on Germany about reparations after World War II.

The U.S. birthrate exploded after WWII. From 1945 to 1961, more than 65 million children were born in the United States.

The first satellite launched into orbit in 1957.

A movement where African Americans demanded to be served just the same as white people and refused to move from their seat.

The belief that if one nation in Asia fell to the Communists, neighboring countries would follow.

The policy or process of preventing the expansion of a hostile power.

The most popular form of music during the 1950s.

The man accused of killing President John F. Kennedy.

Teams of African American and white volunteers boarded several southbound interstate buses to challenge segregation and were met by angry mobs.

Leader of North Vietnam and the Vietcong.

During the 1950s, rumors and accusations spawned fears that Communists were trying to take over the world.

Under this plan, the federal government withdrew all official recognition of Native American groups as legal entities and made them subject to the same laws as white citizens.

President Lyndon Johnson's program that touched nearly every aspect of American life and improved many lives and included programs such as civil rights, Department of Housing and Urban Development, The Immigration Act of 1965, Medicare, Medicaid, and Head

This law made segregation illegal in most places of public accomodation, and gave citizens of all races and nationalities equal access to public facilities. It also established the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as a permanent federal agency.

The process of making South Vietnam assume more of the war effort by slowing withdrawing American troops from Vietnam.