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joe mccarthy
he was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until he died in 1957
1.he accused people of communism
2. he is the reason we invented the word mccarthyism
3.not a good guy
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Korean War
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U.S First Hydrogen Bombs Donated aka Fusion Bomb
It was detonated the island of Elugelab in Enewetak Atoll, in the Pacific Ocean, as part of Operation Ivy.
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Brown v. The Topeka Board Of Education
Brown v. The Topeka Board Of Education was a trial against the racial segregation of schools. The issue arose because African Americans were being denied admittance to public schools be.This is one of the biggest triumphs of the Civil Rights movement because this case finally desegregated all public schools in America.
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka
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The Presidency Of Dwight Eisenhower
he lifted price controls
he signed and sponsored the federal aid highway act of 1956
he sponsored and signed the civil rights bill of 1957
he balanced the budget three whole times
eisenhower announced the korean armistices
https://www.nps.gov/features/eise/jrranger/5accompx.htm
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Start Of The Trial Of Julius And Ethel Rosenberg
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg go to trial a and and his wife were charged ,tried,convicted,and executed for the crime “conspiracy to commit espionage against the United States," https://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h3900.html -
Cuba Goes Communist
It is celebrated as the day of the revolution they went communist because of how inefficient Cuba's government was once Batista was overthrown Castro took over in 1959 and everything went downhill from there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Castro
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The Murder Of Emmett Till
14 year old boy named Emmett Till was accused of harassing a white girl named Carolyn White.Four days later Carolyn's husband abducted,brutally beat,and shot Emmett in the head simply because of the color of his skin.This is one of the tragedies of the civil rights movement because it showed just how low America had gotten.This Tragedy made the other non-racist people furious that their kind would be so inhumane as to do such a thing. https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/emmett-till -
U.S.S.R First Hydrogen Bomb Detonated aka Fusion bomb
The first Soviet test of a hydrogen bomb in the megaton range was conducted on November 22, 1955. It was called RDS-37 by the Soviets.
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The Hungarian Uprising
The Hungarian uprising was a nationwide revolution against the people of the Hungarian
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Launch Of Sputnik
The soviets launched the first space satellite the soviets beat america to it and america was mad and defeated.
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The Little Rock Nine
the Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African american students that attended little rock central high school their attendance was a test to the brown vs board of education.The students weren't allowed in the school at first but. They attended it but tit wasn't as they expected it to be
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Nikita Khrushchev as the Premier the Soviet Union
-Soviet statesman that led the Soviet Union during the Cold War, from 1953 to 1964 he was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union,was Chairman of the Council of Ministers,also was Premier from years 1958 to 1964.
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U2 Spy Plane Shot Down
U-2 spy plane is shot down while conducting espionage over the soviet union
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John F Kennedy elected
John F Kennedy was inaugurated he gave a speech and took over as the 35th president of the United States
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First Man In Space
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was the first man ever in space he was a Soviet cosmonaut
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Bay Of Pigs
The U.S tried to invade Cuba but failed.it was a failed military invasion of cuba done by the CIA.
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Cuban Missiles Crisis
Confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union started by the American discovery of Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba
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First American Troops Arrive In South Vietnam
The first U.S combat groups arrive in Vietnam there were 3500 soldiers
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Loving v. Virginia
The Loving v. Virginia was a supreme court case that involved a white man and a black woman.There was a law that was passed down in Virginia that two different races couldn't be together. The couple was charged for violating the Virginia’s anti-miscegenation law. The couple did fight the case and won the court case.
https://www.history.com/topics/civil-rights-movement/loving-v-virginia
