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The Yalta Conference
Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill (The Big Three) meet at Yalta, Russia. They all agree to support the United Nations. They also decide to divide Germany into four occupation zones and to have free elections in Europe. -
Atomic Age
The destructioncaused by atomic bombs dropped on Japan remained fresh in Americans' minds. Everyone was being more cautious about the atomic bombs. They would show videos to students on how to be prepared if a bomb was dropped. -
Japan Surrenders
Japan surrenders from World War II. And its officially the end of World War II. -
Iron Curtain Speech
In Fulton, Missouri Winston Churchill stands up to the Nazi aggression and keeps his nation together during World War II. The Soviets had threatened Churchill and he gives a speech. -
Homes
Levittown is the first community to be planned in the nation. these homes are identical in every possible way.They are houses at low cost. And they are being built during the time when Middle-Class families move to the Suburbs. -
Marshall Plan to Aid Europe
Secretary of State George Marshall announces his plan to aid Europe. World War II had caused serious ecomic disaster to Western Europe. The United States was to do whatever was able to be done so that they could return to their normal economic health. -
West Berlin
The Soviets blockade West Berlin. The blockade turned out to be a bad move by the Soviets. Later the United States has a confrontation with them but with a renewed purpose. -
Fair Deal
Truman's speech of the Fair Deal was intended for the promoting of increasing the minimum wage, increasing aid to agriculture and education, and enacting a national health insurance program. -
NATO
A millitary alliance among the United States, Canada, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, Iceland, Italy, Britain, Denmark, Norway, and Portugal. Expanded and included Greece, Turkey, and West Germany to establish security against the Soviet Union. -
Joseph McCarthy begins his campaign.
The U.S Senator Joseph McCarthy starts a campain against suspicios "communists". He is speaking to people from West Virginia and while speaking he claims to have names of 205 of people that were members of the Communist Party who were working in the State Department. -
Youth Culture.
Teens started rebelling against the world of their parents. They started listening to different music, doing the dances that they wanted too, watched different music, and used slang. The teenagers started going their on way. -
Rock 'n' roll
Rock 'n' roll became popular within all the teenagers. The singer Elvis Presley was idolized by all the teens. Most teen guys wanted to have his visual apperance. Teens would gather at school gyms to have "sock hops". -
Korean War
On June 1950 the Korean War began on the Korean Peninsula. North Korea armed with Soviet weapons invaded South Korea. The United States and United Nations sent forces to help South Korea fight so they wouldn't get overruned by the communist troops of Northern Koreans. -
Family Roles.
During this time it was said that only the Dad was to go work while the mother stayed at home raising the kids. It was made to be seen like all families were perfect and happy. -
Air Raid Drills.
There's drills in the United States' schools which are often practiced to be prepared for any atomic bombing. -
Polio Epidemic
This was the worst year of this epidemic. There was 60,000 new cases of it including President Roosevelt's case. He established the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to look for a cure of polio. And they developed a polio vaccine. -
Thermonuclear Bomb
The United States tests the first thermonuclear bomb. The testing of the bomb gave the U.S a short-lived advantage in the nuclear arms. -
Rosenberg Execution
Americans Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were charged with passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. The Soviet documents confirmed that Julius had spied for the Soviet Union. They were executed after. -
Warsaw Pact signed.
The USSR and Eastern European countries sign the Warsaw Pact. It wasa a pact to establish a military alliance for mutual defence. -
Teenagers
The growth of youth culture was because of two reasons. One was the number of baby boomers enterinng adolescence and the other was affluence. The teenagers started working in part-time jobs and they started earning money. -
The Organization Man
This book by William Whyte influenced Americans' on the different side of thr suburbs. That many workers had given up their personalities and desires to conform to the demand. It was a new generation of men. -
Automobiles
The new car Edsel appeared in the Ford showrooms. Automobiles were popular for middle and high-class people. For a period of time cars were used for transportation. Later they became a status symbol for certain people. -
Sputnik I
The Soviet Union Launches Sputnik I. Its the size of a beach ball and takes 98 minutes to orbit the Earth. -
Cuban Revolution triumph.
Cuban was brought to their attention that the enemy Fulgencio Batista had fled out of the country. This ment that they had one the Revolution. -
U-2 Spy Plane.
The top secret of the U-2 was shot down. it had been kept secret for days. Its mission that day was to photograph denied territory. But the mission was a fail because it was shot by an air missile.
