Economic Timeline

By mbekele

  • Marshall Plan

    The U.S. provide economic assistance and restore economic infrastructure

  • U.S. Technological Innovations

    Cold War technologies like Internet and GPS were made possible

  • Space Race

    Competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to develop capabilities in space and get to the moon first. NASA was established during this time.

  • Sputnik

    The USSR launched a satellite, Sputnik, into space and became the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth.

  • Economic Opportunity Act

    Part of Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society that fought against poverty

  • Higher Education Acts

    Part of Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society that provided financial aid, low-interest loans, and federal scholarships

  • Social Security Acts

    Part of Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society that provided people 65 and older a health insurance plan, Medicare