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Korean war
Korean war started on the 1950's -1959.Russia and U.S.Started a war because they couldn't decide what kind of goverment they wanted.Russia wanted the goverment to be communist installed in North Korean.South Korean and U.S. Wanted a capitalist goverment.After the war the U.S. and Russia were still divited there was still South Korean and North Korean but 54.000 people died from the U.S. -
Cheecker speech
''Now,the usual political things to do when charges are made against you is to either ignore them or to deny them with out giving details.I believe we had enough of that in the United States,particularly with the present Administration in washington D.C. To me the office, and I feel that the people have to have confidence in the integrity of the men who run for that office and who might obtainit.'' -
Brown v.Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Tapeka, Kans.., case decided by the U.S supreme court in 1954.Linda Brown was denied admission to her local elementary school in Topeka because she was black .It made segregation in public schools after hearing furthe arguments on implementation,the court declared in 1955 that schools must be desegregated "with all delibrate speed." -
Rosa Parks
Parks,Rosa Louise, 19133-2005, American civil-rights activist, b. Tuskegee, Ala,as Rosa Louise Mc Cauley. A seamstress and long-time member of the montomery,Ala Chapter of the national Association for the Advancement of coloreed people. -
Communism comes to Cuba
In 1956-1959 communism came to cuba. The United states soouiet union nearly came to direct over Cuba. Fidel castro came to power and he became Presedent. Then U.S. wanted to invaase Cuba because they wanted to keep out nuclear weapons. The invades fail and called it Bay pigs. -
Hydrogen bomb
Hydrogen bomb or H-bomb,weapon deriving a large port ion of its energy from the nudear fusion of hydrogen isotopes.Inan atomic bomb.Uranium or plutonium is split into ligher elements that together weigh less than the original atoms, the remainder of the mass appearing as energy.Unlike this fussion bomb, the hydrogen bomb functions by the fusion, or joining together, of lighter elements into hieavier elements. -
Alaska became a State
Alaska became a state in 1959. It is important because we got billions of dollors worth products. We also got oil and gas. Other important industries are fisheries, wood,wood products,furs, and tourism. The important one is it Helps U.S.econom,y.
