Vocab 28 Flashcards
Jonas Salk
Who- Scientist
What- Invented an effective polio vaccine
Where- USA
When- 1955
Why- Polio had killed and crippled thousands of people and this vaccine would prevent that for future generations
Sputnik
Who- Soviet Union
What- Satelite that was able to travel all around the world
Where- Russia
When- 1957
Why- Prompted the Great Space Race
Levittown
Who- William Levit
What- Used new mass-production
techniques to construct a large housing development
Where- Long Island, New York
When- 1960’s
Why- Suburbanization was very popular because it made single-family houses affordable to millions of people.
Allen Ginsberg
Who- Poet
What- Wrote about the sterility and conformity of American life, the meaninglessness of American politics, and the banality of popular culture.
Where- USA
When- 1955
Why- He wrote a famous poem called “Howl”. ““Robot apartments! invincible suburbs! skeleton treasuries! blind capitals! demonic industries!” of modern life.”
Beats
Who- young poets, writers, and artist
What- People who wrote about the sterility and conformity of American life, the meaninglessness of American politics, and the banality of popular culture.
Where- USA
When- 1950’s-1960’s
Why- They felt like American life was meaningless especially with new middle-class life becoming a prominent thing.
J.D Salinger
Who- Writer
What- Wrote The Catcher in the Rge (1951) of a prep-school student, Holden Caulfield, who was unable to find any area of society, school, family, friends, or city in which he could feel secure or committed.
Where- USA
When- 1951
Why- Expressed misgivings in their work about the impersonality of modern society.
Jack Keorouac
Who- Writer, Beat
What- Wrote “On The Road” which was like the Beats bible
Where- USA
When- 1957
Why- An account of a cross-country automobile trip that depicted the rootless, iconoclastic lifestyle of Kerouac and his friends.
Elvis Presley
Who- Singer
What- Famous singer who was a symbol of a youthful determination to push at the borders of the conventional and acceptable.
Where- USA
When- Mid 1950’s to 1970
Why- He got the motivation for his music from African American Music in the South
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Who- Supreme Court
What- Overrule Plessy v. Fergusson which ended the legal segregation of public schools
Where- USA
When- May 17, 1954
Why- Racism. Changed so that separate but equal couldn’t apply anymore and schools would have to integrate.
Jackie Robinson
Who- Baseball Player
What- First African American to play in the MLB
Where- USA
When- 1947
Why- Broke segregation in sports and was an example for other African American athletes at this time
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who- Civil Rights Activist, Baptist Pastor
What- Supported peaceful protests against segregation and racism.
Where- USA
When- 1950’s
Why- He was the most popular African-American Activist of his time and his group spread the anti-segregation movement throughout the country
Rosa Parks
Who- Civil Rights Activist
What- Refused to move from her spot on the bus
Where- Montgomery, Alabama
When- Dec 1, 1955
Why- Led to the bus boycotts due to segregation
John Foster Dulles
Who- Aristocratic corporate lawyer
What- Created the “massive retaliation” policy, which threatened military action and possibly nuclear war on communism
Where- USA
When- 1954
Why- Due to communism and the Red Scare.
Massive Retaliation
Who-
What- Respond to communist threats to its allies not by using conventional forces in local conflicts (a policy that had led to so much frustration in Korea) but by relying on “the deterrent of massive retaliatory power”
Where- USA
When- 1954
Why- Communism was spreading and the Soviet Union was threatening nations to turn to communism.
Brinkmanship
Who- John Foster Dulles
What- Tense confrontations that would possibly push the Soviet Union to the brink of war to exact concessions
Where- USA
When- 1950’s
Why- Soviet Union was a strong communist power which the US didn’t like
Dien Bien Phu
Who- France, Ho Chi Minh (communist)
What- When French troops became surrounded in a disastrous siege
Where- Northern Vietnam
When- 1950’s
Why- France had control of Vietnam but was being threatened by Ho Chi Minh for power in the nation.
Fidel Castro
Who- Leader of Cuba
What- Overthrew the American-appointed leader for Cuba and make deals with the Soviet Union
Where- Havana, Cuba
When- Jan 1, 1959
Why- Cuba and US are very closely located and with Cuba working with Sov Union it damaged US and Cuba relations while
