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u.s. history
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john mccarthy gains power
Mccarthy was a senator and created mccarthysm. -
NBC airs broadway open house
Prototype for tonight show and hosted by morey amsterdam. -
korean war begins
Conflict between North and South korea and Soviet union assisted in the war. -
Mccaran internal security act
was enected overpresident harry Truman's video and also known as the submersive activities control act of 1850. -
The comic strip:peanuts.
illustrated by chrles m. schulz and 17,897 strips created in all. -
Failed assasination attempt on President Truman.
It was by two puerto ricans and at Blairs house. -
22nd amendment
Seta a term limit for election to the office of a president and relates to the twelth amendment. -
General Douglas mcArthur fired
Was fired because of making a comment on using nukes on china and he was a American five star general. -
Mutual security act
Largely replaced the marshall plan and signed by prsident Truman. -
Debut of the today show
It's on NBC and ik the fourth running talk show on television. -
Cuban revolution
Armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro and Cuba became communist. -
Brown v. board of education
Court dercided that segregating schools is unconstitutional and was a major victory of the civil rights movement. -
Rock and Roll turns mainstream.
Elvis Presley rise to fame around the same time and "Rock around the clock" became first record to top the billboard magazine pop charts. -
Space race begins
soviets lunch sputnik and The united states starts competing with them. -
Civil rights movement begins
Was by blacks and wanted to end the discrimination toward blacks. -
Vietnam War
Begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon and also known as the Second Indochina War. -
Interstate highway act
Popularly known as the National interstate and was signed by president Eisenhower. -
Marilyn Monroe gets married
She marries Arthur Miller and He was a playwright. -
U.s presidential election
Eisenhower gets reelected and won against Adlai stevenson. -
Eisenhower doctrine
wherein a country could request American economic assistance and/or aid from military forces if it was being threatened by armed aggression from another state. -
Civil rights act of 1957
Primarily a voting rights bill, was the civil rights legislation. -
School desegration
Desegrated schools in little rock, located in Arkansas. -
NASA
Responsible for civilian space program and aerospace research. -
National defense education act
Provides funding for U.S education and signed by president Eisenhower. -
Bonanza
First drama to be broadcast in color and it was broadcast by NBC. -
U-2 incident
During the Cold War on 1 May 1960, during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower and the premiership of Nikita Khrushchev when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down in Soviet airspace. -
Civil Rights Act of 1960
Establishing federal inspection of local voter registration polls and penalties for those attempting to obstruct someone's attempt to register to vote or actually vote -
1960 election for president
Johm F. Kennedy is elected and he was a democratic. -
Peace Corps established.
Volunteer program run by the United States and includes providing technical assistance. -
23rd Amendment
Extends the right to vote in the presidential election to citizens residing in the District of Columbia by granting the District electors in the Electoral College, as if it were a state. -
Marilyn Monroe dies
Dies of an apparent overdose from acute barbiturate poisoning and pass away at 36. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Closest nuclear confrontation ( involving the U.S. and Russia. -
John f. kennedy death
He got assasinated and it was at Dallas. -
Civil rights end
Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee.; rioting broke out in cities across the country from frustration and despair. -
HIV discovered
Discovered the virus that causes aids and the virus was first name HTLV.
