Dwight Eisenhower 1953-1968
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Suez Canal crisis |
Incident that arose in 1956 from the decision by Gamal A. Nasser of Egypt to nationalize the Suez Canal, which long had been controlled by Great Britain.
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Eisenhower Doctrine |
Eisenhower demanded that Congress grant him the military and financial resources to aid those Middle Eastern powers attempting to fend off communism. Congress complied, thus initiating a period of extensive U.S. involvement in the Middle East that continues to this day.
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The Space Race |
A competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union and the United States, for supremacy in spaceflight capability. American pride was on the line.
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Alaska and Hawaii become states 1959 |
After a long time of being U.S territories Alaska and Hawaii became part of the United States naturalizing all it citizens.
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John F. Kennedy 1961-1963
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Peace Corps |
A volunteer program run by the government. There mission is providing technical assistance, helping people outside the United States to understand American culture, and helping Americans to understand the cultures of other countries.
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Bay of Pigs
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An unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by an armed force of about 1,500 Cuban exiles in the Bahía de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs) on the south coast of Cuba they were supported by the U.S. government.
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Cuban Missile Crisis |
Heated confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1962 over the presence of missiles in Cuba.
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New Frontier |
Part of President Kennedy's acceptance speech, which he used to describe his goals and policies. Kennedy maintained that, like the Americans of the frontier in the nineteenth century, Americans of the twentieth century had to rise to new challenges, such as achieving equality of opportunity for all.
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Nuclear Test Ban Treaty |
A treaty which prohibited the testing of nuclear weapons in outer space, underwater or in the atmosphere.
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Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1969
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
Gave congressional approval for expansion of the Vietnam War.
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Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
An act that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
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Voting Rights Act, 1965 |
A way to overcome the legal barriers that prevented African Americans to vote under the 15th Amendment.
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Great Society |
President Johnson's version of the Democratic reform program; the Great Society. In 1965, Congress passed a series of programs, including Medicare, civil rights legislation, and federal aid to education.
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