-
Containment policy of communism
prevent spread of communism -
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
-
Korean War
Began when North Korea invaded South Korea. -
First Hydrogen bomb tests
bomb named Ivy Mike by the US -
Presidential Election of 1952
Dwight D. Eisenhower defeats Democrat Adlai E. Stevenson. -
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
-
McCarthy Congressional hearings looking for communists
-
Polio vaccines begin
Began in Virginia with 1.8 children -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat
helped with civil rights movement in the US -
Disneyland opens
Located in Anaheim, California costing $17 million with 160 acres of land. -
Southern Congressmen resist desegregation with Southern Manifesto
-
Federal Aid-Highway Act
The construction of $25 billion of 41,000 miles of interstate highway. -
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 prevented black students from entering -
Alaska becomes a state
-
U.S. recognizes Fidel Castro as leader of Cuba
-
Hawaii becomes a state
-
McDonald’s company founded by Ray Kroc
-
U.S. government agrees to train Vietnamese soldiers in Vietnam
-
Jimmy Hoffa arrested by FBI
convicted of many things such as bribery of a grand juror and fraud -
Rosenberg’s espionage trial
Couple Ethel and Julius Rosenberg accused of selling nuclear secrets to Russians
