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Book burning in Nazi Germany
Nazis raided libraries and bookstores across Germany. They marched in nighttime parades, sang chants, and threw books in huge bonfires. On that night more than 25,000 books were burned. -
The Cold War
The Cold War was a period of state of political and military tensions between the powers in the Western Bloc and powers in the Eastern Bloc. The Cold War was a constant anxiety and in the new atomic age everyone was leanring that the world could be destroyed with a push of a button which is a fate discussed in Bradbury novel. -
Blacklisting in the entertainment industry
It was the first Hollywood blacklist instituted. 10 writers and directors were issued to testify because of their suspected political beliefs or associations. -
The Hiss Affair
Alger Hiss was accused of being a Soviet spy in 1948. He was also suspected of secretly being a Communist. -
Loyalty Oath Controversy at University of California
UC employees including the faculty were required to swear to a new Oath stating that they are not memebers of the Communist Party. Many believed that this Oath messed with their academic freedom. -
The McCarthy Hearings
Senator Joseph Carthy begins investigating the United States Army because of suspicious communism going on. Over 200 employees were claimed to be part of a Communist Party. -
Rise of suburbia,Levittown, PA
The Levitt family started to build homes during WW2 for housing for the military. They didn't want to have homes in the city so they started building homes on acres of farmland. -
Korean war
The Korean war ended in the year that Fahrenheit 451 was published. -
Comic book bans in the 1950s
In 1954, the Comic Code Authority was formed. Some people belived that comics were to graphic and in general bad so they created codes and censorship for comic books before released. -
Brown vs Board of Education 1951
It was a case that the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. -
Developments and incidents involving the atomic bombs
Mark 17 and Mark 24 were the first mass-produced hydrogen bombs deployed by the United States. The bombs were unintentially launched and left an impact leaving a crater 25ft in diameter and 12 ft deep. -
Peace Treaty ending WWII
Germany became fully sovereign on March 15,1991. It was the treaty on the final settlement with the respect to Germany.
