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Book Burning in Nazi Germany
Followers of Hitler burned 25,000 'ungernman' books . An act of barbarism was performed that night in Berlin. -
Event Involving Atomic Bombs
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor.The United States declares war on Japan and Germany. -
The Cold War
A relationship between USSR and the US to resolve several conflicts that occured after WWII. -
Peace Treaty Ending WWII
A peace treaty was finally created to stop the brutality of the war. Allies and European Axis Powers agreed to proclaim defeat. -
Blacklisting in Hollywood
A group of people began to think that several directors were apart of the Communists. The directors were fined $1,000, sat in jail for up to a year , and were "blacklsted". -
The Hiss Affair
Chambers charged Hiss , a long time government lawyer , with sending secret state documents to Russia. He was locked up for 5 years , but remained innocent. -
Loyalty Oath Controversy at University of California
When facilities tried to make all faculty members give an oath of loyalty against communism , arguments began. People believed that they had a right to support or not support communism and that the oath was taking away their freedom of speech. -
Comic Book Bans
CCA was created to censor comc books . Many rules were made and many books were censored. -
Korean War
When two sides of Korea disagree on how the country should be , a war breaks out. Over 5 million people died. -
Development of New Technologies
In the 1950s Sci-Fi fiction included four-wheel brakes , factory installed radios , waste disposers , etc. Their Sci-Fi includes details we live around today in modern society. -
Rise of Suburbia
A new era was created in the 50s. A compromise for the people between urban and rural - suburban. Transportation was later created to get to urban cities. -
The McCarthy Hearings
Senator McCarthy started investigating the army claiming they were "too soft" on communism. He exploited , verbally attacked , etc when was assuming people were communists. -
Brown vs Board of Education
This Supreme Court case ended segregation in schools.
