| A | B |
|---|
| Interstate Highway Act | it created the present road system across the United States today .. |
| Iron Curtain | part of the Cold War .. A physical barrier .. Fences, mine fields, guard towers .. To keep Eastern Europeans from escaping to the West |
| JFK | President of the United States in the early 1960s .. The youngest person to be elected to the Presidency |
| Korean War | early 1950s .. The North invaded the South .. The longest on-going war .. No peace treaty has yet to be signed |
| LBJ | succeeded President Kennedy in the early 1960s … escalated (increased) US involvement in Vietnam |
| Levittown | 1950s .. Large housing areas .. Cheap, fast , look the same BUT affordable .. Part of the American dream |
| Loyalty Review Board | 1950s .. Federal Government workers had to swear allegiance to the United States |
| Lucille Ball | female commedianne .. Popular .. 1950s & 1960s |
| Manhattan Project | the Atomic Bomb |
| March on Washington | part of the Civil Rights Movement .. At the end of it (the March) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his now famous "I have a dream" speech |
| Marshall Plan | post World War II .. Aid to European nations & Japan .. Part of the containment plan |
| Mass Retaliation | nuke warfare |
| McCarthyism | hysteria over Communists being in America .. Commies were everywhere .. And Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin knew who they were |
| Medicare | health care for the elderly |
| Multinational Corporations | large companies which conduct business around the globe |
| NAACP | fought to end segregation … National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization .. Part of the Cold War |
| New Deal | FDR's program to get America back on its feet .. Recover from the Cold War |
| New Frontier | President Kennedy's domestic programs |
| NOW | National Organization of Women .. Demanded greater equality for women in education and in jobs |
