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Policy by the US, component of the Cold War, and was in response to moves by the Soviet Union.
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April 1, 1950 / 152.3 million
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June 25, 1950 - Korean War began when North Korea went across the 38th parallel and the war ended in July 1953.
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November 1, 1952 / Ivy Mike was the codename given to the first test.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower won the election of 1952.
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In 1952, Jonas Stalk and his team at the University of Pittsburgh created the first polio vaccine that was effective and by 1954 they tested it nationwide.
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Julius Rosenberg and his wife Ethel were executed on June 19, 1953.
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Series of hearings held by the US Senate's Subcommittee on investigations between April 1954 and June 1954.
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1954; Topeka, Kansas; Court decided that "separate but equal" standards of segregation were unconstitutional.
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1954
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1955; Ray Kroc built it into the most successful fast food operation in the world.
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1955
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Opened July 17, 1955, in California.
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December 1, 1955; Rosa refused to giver her seat up to a white passenger and was arrested.
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March 12, 1956
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June 29, 1956; National Interstate and Defense Highways Act - authorized the construction of a 41,000-mile network of interstate highways that would span the nation.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower successfully ran for re-election.
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Sep. 4 1957; a white mob was gathered in front of Central High and Governor Orval Faubus deployed the Arkansas National Guards to prevent the black students from entering the school.
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January 3, 1959
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August 21, 1959.
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January 7, 1959 the US recognizes the new Cuban government.
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Union activist and important figure with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) union and was convicted of jury tampering, attempted bribery, and fraud in 1964 and he disappeared in 1975, declared dead in 1982.
