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1954 BCE
1954- Supreme Court declares segregation unconstitutional in Brownv.Board of education .
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1950 BCE
1950-senator Joseph McCarthy asserts he has list of communist in the state departament.
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1949 BCE
1949- creation of North Atlantic treaty organization (NATO)
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1949 BCE
1949-China becomes communist.
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1948 BCE
1948- Berlin airlift shows American resolve against the spread of communism and soviet aggression.
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1947 BCE
1947 unveiling of Truman doctrine,announcing the U.S would do everything in its power to contain communism.
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1947 BCE
1947-Marshall plan enacted providing American aid in rebuilding American aid .
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1946 BCE
WW2
Winston Churchill gives "iron curtain" speech in Missouri,tension rise between United States and Soviet Union. -
1946 BCE
Ww2
Baby boom record amount of births in a period of economic growth and increased consumerism leads to the most dominant and self- conscious generation in American history. -
WW 2
U.S drops atomic bomb on Japan ,ww2 ends 8 days later.