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War began when began when North Korea invaded South Korea. The United Nations and United States helped South Korea. The Soviet Union helped North Korea.
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The first hydrogen bomb test was tested on the island of Elugelab in Enewetak Atoll, in the Pacific Ocean.
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Republican candidate Eisenhower won by a landslide. This ended a stretch of democratic presidents which lasted 20 years.
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The United States uses containment as a strategy to stay away from communism.
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Rosenburg was executed after being charged of committing espionage for the Soviet Union. She transmitted top secret information about the atomic bombs and other weapon prototypes to the Soviet Union.
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The Iranian military with financial support from the United States overthrows the government of Mohammad Mosaddeq.
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The hearings were used as an investigation between the United States Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy. The army had accused a former aide of McCarthy to give special treatment to G. David Schine. The media and communist scare both made an effect on the outcome of the hearings.
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Brown V. The Board Of Education was a trial where the court declared that segregated schools was unconstitutional. A young girl with the last name of Brown wanted to go to school with the other white girls in her community. The court then ruled that "separate but equal" in schools is constitutional.
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The Polio vaccine is given by injection into the mouth. The first vaccine was inactive and was available as public use in 1961.
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Ray Kroc joined the McDonald's corporation which soon after became the most successful fast food operation in the world.
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Kennedy makes an agreement with Thuan(South Vietnam) to have direct training and combat supervision of the Vietnamese under American troops.
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Biggest theme park opens in California.
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Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on the public bus when a white person tells her to get up since "blacks sit in the back."
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Written in opposition of racial segregation of public places. The manifesto was signed by 101 representatives.
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President Eisenhower signed the act to start a 10 year construction of highways in the United States.
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Eisenhower successfully ran for re-election against Stevenson who he beat four years earlier.
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Although Brown V Board of Education ruled that "separate but equal" is unconstitutional, it wasn't until 1957 when schools began to truly desegregate.
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Little Rock Nine was a group of 9 African American students who went to school at Arkansas Central High School. The nine students were not allowed into the school by the governor of Arkansas until president Eisenhower came to intervene.
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Jimmy Hoffa was an American Union leader who was arrested by the FBI for his organized crime in jury tampering, bribery, and fraud.
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Alaska becomes the 49th state.
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Hawaii becomes the 50th state.
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After Fidel Castro takes over as leader during the Cuban revolution, the United States recognizes Castro as the leader of Cuba.
