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Income in the United States in 1945
Between the years of 1945 and 1960, the per capita income had rose by five-hundred dollars to 1845 dollars for every single man, woman, and child in the entire country. -
The Taft-Hartley Act:
The Taft-Hartley Act was a United States federal law that monitors the activities and power of labor unions. The act was sponsored by Senator Robert Taft. -
Truman's Speech
President Harry S. Truman announces, in his State of the Union address, that every American has a right to expect from our government a fair deal. -
New T.V Show
The T.V show I Love Lucy becomes a big hit in 1950. -
The 1950 Babyboom
In 1950, there was an estimated 78.3 million Americans that were born during the large boom in births. -
Brown vs. Board Of Education
It made schools separate by race. -
Rosa Parks
An African American woman who refused to get up from her seat on the bus for a while person. -
John Keat's
John Keat's debut as an author was due to a book called The Crack in the Picture Window. -
Election of 56
Eisenhower wins the election. -
Highway Act of 56
This Act was enacted on June 29, 1956. Dwight Eisenhower actually signed the bill into law. -
NDEA
The citizens of the United States feared that schools of the Soviet Union were superior to American schools, and so the Congress had reacted by adding the act to take United States schools up to speed so they weren't far behind. -
Life Magazine
The Life Magazine came out with a large issue concerned about Education.
