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Joseph R. McCarthy's red scare
In the early 1950s Joseph R. McCarthy used the nations fear of communism to gain politicol power over the american people. useing this tactic he ruined many very famos peoples lives to the point where these people couldn't get jobs. -
popular hits of the 1950s
In the 1950s there were 189 million hits here are some of them
Cry 1951
How Chis the Doggie in the Window 1951
The little white cloud that cried
Clamity Jane 1953
Vachained 1954
April Love
Daddy Long Legs
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world series
yankees win the world series -
cold war
The Cold War was a sustained state of political and military tension between powers in the Western Bloc and powers in the Eastern Bloc . Historians have not fully agreed on the dates, but 1947–1991 is common. It was "cold" because there was no large-scale fighting directly between the two sides, although there were major regional wars in Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan. The Cold War split the temporary wartime alliance against Nazi Germany, leaving the USSR and the US as two superpowers with pr -
automobiles and american life
throughout the 1900s there were many advancements of the way cars were driven but many of them happened in the 1950s such as the first interstate highway system was made the new jersey turn pikew was made and many other different automobile advancements although not all of them were directly appliede to the cars. -
spies
part of the cold war took place in the 1950s and because of that ther were many spies going in and out of America and Russia. maost of these spies were trying to find out nuclear secrets. in the picture above youm see two of the nuclear spies from russia. -
ROCK AND ROLL
the popular version of music rock and rol was adapted from african american music. the lfirst rock and roll hit was called around the clock.Elvis was saind to be the perfectionist of Rock And Roll because at age 22 he published 5 number one songs -
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brinks robbery
at 7:30 pm pm on this date three armed men broke into the brinks bank and stole over 4 billion dollars in cash and bonds. -
korean war
the korean war began when north korean attacked south koreas capitol starting the first millitary action of the cold war. was also the f'irst limited war. -
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the yankees win the world series -
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the yankees win the world series -
korean war ends in draw
after the korean war was two years old the un and the north korean forces battles end in a draw. dwight d. esianhower tells the north and south korean governments to end the war. -
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the yankees win the world series -
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the giants win the world series -
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the brooklyn dodgers win the world series -
world series
the yankees win the world series -
space race
In the late 1950s the space race began when the soviets launched the satellite sputnik one into space to be the first satellite in space. america would later be the first to send a man to the moon. -
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the badgers win the world series -
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the yankees win the world series -
thats alot of cars
in 1959 there were an estimated 74 million cars on the road. that is almostm double from what was on the road in 1955 -
woorld series
the L.A. dodgers win the world series -
castro
when castro siezed power over cuba he said that he was going to help the poor, restore freedom to the people. but instead he started a war with the millitary government turned cuba into a communist country and threatened the u.s. with nuclear bombs.
