1950s Timeline

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  • Containment policy of communism

    Containment policy of communism

    prevent spread of communism
  • 1950 U.S. Census

    1950 U.S. Census

    Its the 17th US census that showed an increase of 14.5 over the 1940 census.
  • U.S. government orders all public schools to be intergrated

    U.S. government orders all public schools to be intergrated

  • Korean War

    Korean War

    Began when North Korea invaded South Korea.
  • First Hydrogen bomb tests

    First Hydrogen bomb tests

    bomb named Ivy Mike by the US
  • Presidential Election of 1952

    Presidential Election of 1952

    Dwight D. Eisenhower defeats Democrat Adlai E. Stevenson.
  • Brown V. The Board of Education

    Brown V. The Board of Education

    the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.
  • CIA assists overthrow of government in Iran 1954

    CIA assists overthrow of government in Iran 1954

  • McCarthy Congressional hearings looking for communists

    McCarthy Congressional hearings looking for communists

  • Polio vaccines begin

    Polio vaccines begin

    Began in Virginia with 1.8 children
  • Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat

    Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat

    helped with civil rights movement in the US
  • Disneyland opens

    Disneyland opens

    Located in Anaheim, California costing $17 million with 160 acres of land.
  • Southern Congressmen resist desegregation with Southern Manifesto

    Southern Congressmen resist desegregation with Southern Manifesto

  • Federal Aid-Highway Act

    Federal Aid-Highway Act

    The construction of $25 billion of 41,000 miles of interstate highway.
  • Presidential Election of 1956

    Presidential Election of 1956

    Dwight D. Eisenhower, runs for re-election and wins
  • National Guard called to Little Rock, Arkansas Central High School

    National Guard called to Little Rock, Arkansas Central High School

    National Guard prevented black students from entering
  • Alaska becomes a state

    Alaska becomes a state

  • U.S. recognizes Fidel Castro as leader of Cuba

    U.S. recognizes Fidel Castro as leader of Cuba

  • Hawaii becomes a state

    Hawaii becomes a state

  • McDonald’s company founded by Ray Kroc

    McDonald’s company founded by Ray Kroc

  • U.S. government agrees to train Vietnamese soldiers in Vietnam

    U.S. government agrees to train Vietnamese soldiers in Vietnam

  • Jimmy Hoffa arrested by FBI

    Jimmy Hoffa arrested by FBI

    convicted of many things such as bribery of a grand juror and fraud
  • Rosenberg’s espionage trial

    Rosenberg’s espionage trial

    Couple Ethel and Julius Rosenberg accused of selling nuclear secrets to Russians