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U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy was involved in the second red scare that was characterized by the spreading the fear of communist influence on american institutions.
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The war started in 1950 it was a war between north and south Korea the united states came to the aid of south Korea while china aided north Korea.
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The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco CA from the Japaneses peace treaty conference
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The 22nd amendment of the united states constitution is passed this amendment limited the number of times one can be elected for office of president of the united states.
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Dwight d Eisenhower inaugurated as president.
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Rosa Parks incites the Montgomery bus boycott
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Elvis rises to fame
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Disney land in CA opens
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The civil rights act was enacted by congress
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Cuban Revolution
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Vietnam war started
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Economic Opportunity Act was set in place by congress
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1965 the revised civil rights act is enacted by congress
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Malcolm X an African-American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist is assassinated in Harlem, New York
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Neil Armstrong walks on the moon