1950

By Samantha Christopher

  • McCarthyism

    Senator Joseph McCarthy gains power and McCarthyism

  • 22 Amendment

    22nd Amendment, establishing term limits for President.

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower elected

    United States presidential election

  • Rosenbergs executed

    Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed

  • McCarthy hearings

    Joseph McCarthy discredited in Army-McCarthy hearings

  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact, which establishes a mutual defense treaty subscribed to by eight communist states in Eastern Europe this includes the USSR

  • Interstate Highway act

    President Eisenhower secures passages of Interstate Highway Act, which will construct 41,000 miles (66,000 km) of the Interstate Highway System over a 20-year period

  • Eisenhower re-elected

    United States presidential election

  • Space race

    Soviets launch Sputnik

  • Nasa Space race continues

    NASA formed as the U.S. begins ramping up efforts to explore space

  • Cuban Revolution

    cuban revolt conducted by Fidel Castro