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1950-1969
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Korean War
On June 25, 1950, the Korean War began when some 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People's Army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south. -
Mutual Security Act
The Mutual Security Act of 1951 launched a major American foreign aid program, 1951-61, Of grants to numerous countries. It largely replaced the Marshall Plan. The main goal was To help poor countries develop and to contain the spread of communism. -
Baghdad Pact
The Baghdad Pact was a defensive organization for promoting shared political, military and economic goals founded in 1955 by Turkey, Iraq, Great Britain, Pakistan and Iran. -
Interstate Highway Act
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, popularly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act (Public Law 84-627), was enacted on June 29, 1956, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law. -
Trade Expansion Act
Under the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Pub.L. 87–794, 76 Stat. 872, enacted October 11, 1962, 19 U.S.C. § 1801), the United States Congress granted the White House unprecedented authority to negotiate tariff reductions of up to 50%. -
Economic Oppurtunity Act
On March 16, 1964, President Johnson called for the act in his Special Message to Congress that presented his proposal for a nationwide war on the sources of poverty. -
Full Employment Act
n 1978, Congress passed the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act, better known as the Humphrey-Hawkins Act. -
Medicaid/Medicare
Like Medicare, Medicaid is overseen by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the Department of HHS. Both were created when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed amendments to the Social Security Act on July 30, 1965.
