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1950 U.S. Census
The 1950 census encompassed the continental United States, the territories of Alaska and Hawaii, American Samoa, the Canal Zone, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and some of the smaller island territories. -
Korean War
The Korean War began when North Korea invaded South Korea. The United Nations, with the United States as the principal force, came to the aid of South Korea. -
Rosenberg’s espionage trial
The Rosenberg's espionage trial is were United States citizens who were executed for conspiracy to commit espionage for the Soviet Union -
First Hydrogen bomb tests
The First Hydrogen bomb tests was detonated on November 1, 1952 by the United States on the island of Elugelab in Enewetak Atoll, in the Pacific Ocean, as part of Operation Ivy. -
Containment policy of communism
Containment was a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. -
U.S. government agrees to train Vietnamese soldiers in Vietnam
Kennedy sends people to rain the Vietnamese soldiers in Vietnam in the 1950's -
U.S. government orders all public schools to be intergrated
School integration in the United States is the process of ending race-based segregation, also known as desegregation, within American public and private schools -
Presidential Election of 1952
The Presidential Election of 1952 was that nation's 42nd quadrennial presidential election. Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower was the landslide winner, ending a string of Democratic wins that stretched back to 1932 -
CIA assists overthrow of government in Iran 1954
The Iranian military, with the support and financial assistance of the United States government, overthrows the government of Premier Mohammed Mosaddeq and reinstates the Shah of Iran. -
Southern Congressmen resist desegregation with Southern Manifesto
Southern Congressmen resist desegregation with Southern Manifesto. -
McCarthy Congressional hearings looking for communists
McCarthy hearings were a series of hearings held by the United States Senate's Subcommittee on Investigations between April 1954 and June 1954. The hearings were held for the purpose of investigating conflicting accusations between the United States Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy. -
Brown V. The Board of Education
The Brown V. The Board of Education was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
Polio vaccines begin
The Polio vaccines begin in 1955. Polio vaccines are vaccines used to prevent poliomyelitis. There are two types: one that uses inactivated poliovirus and is given by injection, and one that uses weakened poliovirus and is given by mouth. -
McDonald’s company founded by Ray Kroc
McDonald’s company was founded by Ray Kroc in 1955. -
Disneyland
Disneyland is the only theme park designed and built under the direct supervision of Walt Disney. -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat
Nn Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refused to obey bus driver James F. Blake's order to give up her seat in the colored section to a white passenger, after the white section was filled. -
Federal Aid-Highway Act
The Federal Aid-Highway Act was the law authorized the construction of a 41,000-mile network of interstate highways that would span the nation. -
Presidential Election of 1956
The popular incumbent President, Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower, successfully ran for re-election. The election was a re-match of 1952, as Eisenhower's opponent in 1956 was Adlai Stevenson, a former Illinois governor, whom Eisenhower had defeated four years earlier. -
National Guard called to Little Rock, Arkansas Central High School
The first day of school at Central High, a white mob gathered in front of the school, and Governor Orval Faubus deployed the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the black students from entering. -
Jimmy Hoffa arrested by FBI
Jimmy Hoffa was an American labor union leader and author who served as the President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) union from 1958 until 1971. He was arrested for attempting to bribe one of hte jurors. -
Alaska becomes a state
Alaska becomes a state in 1959 -
Hawaii becomes a state
Hawaii becomes a state in 1959 -
U.S. recognizes Fidel Castro as leader of Cuba
U.S. recognizes Fidel Castro as leader of Cuba in 1959,
