| A | B |
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| Dwight Eisenhower | This president had served as a general in World War II, and later answered peoples needs for security during this period |
| Rosa Parks | In many ways, this person sparked the civil rights movement |
| Earl Warren | Liberal Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1953-1969 |
| Fidel Castro | Foreign dictator who came to power in the late 1950's |
| Elvis Presley | Represented the rise of Rock N' Roll craze among American youth |
| John Foster Dulles | Republican Secretary of State during this period |
| Jonas Salk | Creator of an important vaccine who refused to patent it |
| Robert Oppenheimer | Leader of the infamous Manhattan Project, set up a research station in Los Alamos |
| Jack Keroac | Poet, leader of the "Beat Generation" |
| Joe DiMaggio | known as "The Yankee Clipper" |
| Martin Luther King | Most influential person in the Civil Rights Movement |
| Joseph McCarthy | Senator, in charge of the Communist hearings |
| Harry Truman | 33rd president, ordered the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
| Dean Acheson | Liberal Secretary of State under Truman |
| J. Edgar Hoover | Head of the F.B.I. during this period, now known as a cross-dresser |
