The 50's

By lexiec

  • U.S. troops

    U.S. troops
    U.S. sends troops to Korea.

  • War

    War
    The Korean War begins.

  • Disc jockey Alan Freed

    Disc jockey Alan Freed
    He is the first to use the term "rock 'n' roll" on the air.

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower

    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    He is elected president.

  • Hydrogen bomb

    Hydrogen bomb
    U.S. explodes the first hydrogen bomb.

  • Executed

    Executed
    Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed as spies.

  • Cease-fire

    Cease-fire
    Participants in the Korean War agree on cease-fire.

  • Joseph McCarthy

    Joseph McCarthy
    Senator Joseph McCarthy alleges Communist involvement in U.S. Army.

  • Defeated

    Defeated
    French are defeated in Vietnam.

  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

    Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
    Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka outlaws school segregation.

  • Reelected

    Reelected
    Eisenhower is reelected.

  • Soviets

    Soviets
    Soviets crush uprising in Hungary.

  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    The Soviets launch Sputnik.

  • NASA

    The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is established.

  • Alaska and Hawaii

    They become the 49th and 50th states.