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Better amount of people owning homes
Between 1940 and 1960 the number of Americans who owned their own homes grew from 20 percent to 61 percent. -
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Number of cars sold
The number of cars sold in the us increased from 3.7 million per year to 6.6 million. -
Franklin Roosevelt died
Franklin Roosevelt died and vice president Harry Truman became president -
Rail Road Strike of 1946
It haulted all progress of times for some time -
Truman Progress
By the election of 1948 Truman had not achieved very much. -
Western European Nation
Western European Nation Recived 13$ Billion between 1948-1951. -
Berlin Blockade
Great Britain,France and the United States united there zones. The Soviets didn't like that what so ever so they responded with the Berlin Blockade -
Truman Decided Not to run for reelection in 1952
Well the information is in the title he decided agent rerunning for president. While he was president he really didn't get that much done -
Dwight Eisenhower took office
1953 Dwight Eisenhower took office as president -
Federal Highway Act
They Built all the highways we have today back then. They laid forty thousand miles of blacktop. -
Space age
The nation moved into the space age when president Eisenhower.
Soviets beat us with the first satellite Sputnix -
Cuba being seized
In 1959 Fidel Castro seized power in cuba. -
Fidel Castro and the Soviet union
In 1960 Fidel Castro and the Soviet Union formed an alliance. -
Women Working?
About 30% of all married women were working outside there home. -
Kennedy Announcement
Kennedy announced that soviets had placed a long range missile in cuba -
Marked more then the death of a President
It also marked a turning point in civil rights movement -
Martin Luther
Began a series of freedom marches through birmingham Alabama -
Freedom March
a quarter of a million people marched through the streets of Washington D.C. -
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Civil Rights Act
Banned discrimination on the base of race and religion -
President Johnson's first opportunity
First opportunity came with his state of the union speech -
Congress voted
All but two members of congress voted in favor of the gulf of tonkin -
Us destroyers attacked
Off the coast of Vietnam in the golf of tonkin reported that north vietnamese patrol boats attacked them -
Piece Walk
Piece walk out of selma stopped by sheriff. He had with him two hundred state troopers -
Black Phrases
Around 1966 the phrases black is beautiful became popular
