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Development Of New Technologies
Telegraph usage faded as radio became easy to use and popularized. Once radio was being developed, the telephone quickly became the fastest way to communicate person-to-person, however, after television was perfected and content for it was well developed, it became the dominant form of mass-communication. The internet came next, and newspapers, radio, telephones, and television are being rolled into this technological world. -
Book Burning In Nazi Germany
Students from many German Universities gather in Berlin and other German cities to burn books with "unGerman" ideas. Books by Freud, Einstein, Thomas Mann, Jack London, H.G. Wells and many others go up in flames. -
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The Cold War
The Cold War was the period of conflict, tension and competition between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies. One of the main causes was do to the spread of communism. -
The Loyalty Oath Controversy Of The University Of California
The oath proposed was to support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California which required of all officers of the state. Whether faculty members at the state university were indeed officers of the state, and whether they held a public trust, like deputy sheriffs, -
The Hiss Affair
Alger Hiss was an American lawyer, government official, author, and lecturer whom was accused of being a Soviet spy in 1948 and convicted of perjury. -
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Korean War
The war was a result of the political division of Korea by an agreement of the Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World War II. The war was between the Republic of Korea which was supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea which was supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union. -
Brown vs. Board Of Education
United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. -
Peace Treaty Ending WWll
The treaty between Japan and the axis-powers serving as the official end to WWll. It ended Japan's position as an imperial power, and had helped Allied civilians and former prisoners of war who had suffered Japanese war crimes. -
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Comic Books Bans Of The 1950's
Comics Magazine Association of America regulated a "comi code". This code banned graphic depictions of violence and gore in crime and horror comics, as well as the sexual innuendo. -
The McCarthy Hearings
The hearings were held for the for investigating conflicting accusations between the United States Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy.The Army accused chief committee counsel Roy Cohn of pressuring the Army to give preferential treatment to G. David Schine, a former McCarthy aide and a friend of Cohn's. McCarthy countered that this accusation was made in bad faith and in retaliation for his recent aggressive investigations of suspected Communists and security risks in the Army. -
Developments And Incidents Involving The Atomic Bomb
A B-52 bomber carrying two atomic bombs collided at 32,000 feet with a KC-135 refueling aircraft shortly after initiating refueling procedures near Hardinsberg, Kentucky. The ensuing crash killed 8 crew members and partially burned one of the weapons.
