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Franklin D. Roosevelt got elected for his 4th term
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GI Bill
Congress passed the GI Bill which gave people low-interest mortgages tonpurchase new homes and provided them with educational stipends for college or graduate school. -
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care
Dr. Spock published this book to help people take care of their children no matter the age, This book was a big hit to the public almost instantly due to the amount of information present. -
Heyerdahl's Sail
Heyerdahl set sail from Peru to Polynesia. He had a whole crew on a raft. The raft's name was Kon-Tiki and held a lot of people. They all sailed that distance for 101 days. -
Nineteen Eighty-Four
This book was published by an English novelist named Georg Orwell. This novel's plot was to be a dystopia. It stated how in this political system, individualism was not permitted, and it if went on, it was considering breaking the law and the "suspects" were punished accordingly. -
Intro to Rock-and-Roll
Alan Freed was a disc jockey and music promoter. He began hosting a radio show. During the show, he started playing an untemp R&B style music which then turned out to be the beginning of rock-and-roll. -
Polio Vaccine
This was rhe day of the first successful trial one of the polio vaccine. This took place at Arsenal Elementary School and the Watson Home for Children in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Jinas Salk is the person who successfully invented this vaccine helping everbody stay away from this disease. -
Federal-Aid Highway Act
This was the largest construction project there was back then. The workers had to make over 10,000 miles of highway. Constructing all of that highway costed he US billions of dollars. -
Launching of Sputnik
Sputnik was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launhed this 58 centimeter satellite into the space. This helped there to be diffrent radio stations for the people to listen to. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower was in office for 2 terms. He wsas the 34th president of the US. In 1951, he became the leader of NATO,as well as many other things. The end of his 2nd term was January 20, 1961.
