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Baby Boomers
About 4 million babies were born each year during the 1950s. By the time the “boom” was over in 1964, there were almost 77 million “baby boomers.” -
Immigration & Nationality Act
Post WWII and early Cold War, certain immigrants were excluded from immigrating to America. They began accepting immigrants that were willing and able to adopt US economic, social and political patterns rather than denying upon country of origin. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
This Supreme Court Case declared that “separate educational facilities” for African American children were “unequal.” Segregation became illegal. -
Motto
"In God We Trust" adopted as national motto -
Sputnik
Soviets launch Sputnik; "space race" begins -
New States
Alaska and Hawaii become states -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviet missiles in Cuba led to the most dangerous Cold War confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union and brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. -
"I have a dream"
March on Washington; Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have a Dream" speech -
Civil Rights Act
Civil Rights Act of 1964, outlawing major forms of legalized discrimination against blacks and women, and ended legalized racial segregation in the United States -
Medicare/ Medicaid
Medicare and Medicaid enacted