Baby Boom and Cold War

U.S.and the Soviet Union engaged in 13-day political and military standoffin October 1962 

Postwar economic recovery to help Western Europe:largest relief aid given by the U.S.

Begins rabid anti-communist campaign hurt when he accuses military of having communists.

President assassinated in Dallas,TX on Nov. 22, 1963

President that orders desegregation of military.

Who was the strong anti-communist director of the FBI during the Red Scare

Airlift-US drops food and supplies by air to West Berlin.

 Couple executed for espionage during the Cold War.

Baptist minister and social activist, who led the Civil Rights Movement.

Overturn Plessey vs. Ferguson; says separate but equalis unconstitutional.

 He wrote,"The Sources of Soviet Conduct," under the pen name Mr. X., 

Declares," an iron curtain has descended across the continent.“

A full-scale invasion of Cuba by 1,400 American-trained Cubans 

Developed vaccine against the polio.

Alliance system of 26 countries in North America and Europe, main support coming for the USA.

First African-American baseball player major leagues.

Stop spread of all communism: Domino Theory 

The world's first artificial satellite. 

U.S.A.intent to fight Communism by helping free nations resist it

Mexican-American farmer, labor leader, and activist who founded theNational Farm Workers