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Hydrogen Bomb Approval
President Harry Truman approves production of hydrogen bombs and sends the air force and navy to Korea in June.
http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade50.html
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Transcontinental Televition
begins with a speech by Pres. Truman.http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade50.html
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Immigration and National Act
The Immigration and Nationality Act, or INA, was created
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=f3829c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextchannel=f3829c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD
Picture From:
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes president in 1953
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/DwightDEisenhower
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Televised Hearings
U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy begins televised hearings into alleged Communists in the army.
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Have_you_no_sense_of_decency.htm
Picture at:
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Rosa Park Rebels
When Rosa Parks was told to go to the back of the bus she rebeled.
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Civil Rights Movement
Supreme Court upheld the federal courts ruling, declaring segregation on buses unconstitutional. The bus boycott was officially over.
http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/civilrights-55-65/montbus.html
picture at:
http://joshuakahnrussell.wordpress.com/2009/01/30/strategy-note-dress-to-impress-at-the-capitol-climate-action/ -
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Explorer 1
Explorer 1 was the first satellite in the U.S. to orbit around the earth successfully.
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Alaska and Hawii
Alaska and Hawii became the 49 and 50th state.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/When_did_Alaska_and_Hawaii_become_states
picture:
http://www.spacecom.com/customer_tools/images/fm_squared_telstar_alaska.gif
