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Peace Treaty Ending WW1
Germany agreed to pay reparations under the Dawes Plan and the Young Plan but those plans were cancelled in 1932. The treaty negotiated between Janurary and June in Paris and written by the allies. -
Rise of Suburbia Levittown, PA
Levittown was the first truly mass- roduced suburb and is widely known as the archetype for postwar suburbs throughout the country. Also Leviitown had became a symbol of the american dream and also a symbol of racial segregation. -
Book Burning in Nazi Germany
University students burned upwards of 25,000 volumes of 25,000 of un german books. Right wing students marcned in parades against the un german spirit. -
Development of new technologies, computer
Cbs began experimental color field tests using film and live cameras which made its first field test of color television. The war production board halted the manufacture of television and radio equipment for civilian use limiting any chances to introduce color television to the general public. -
Cold War
The Cold War was a period of economic, political and military tension between United Staes and the Soviet Union. The first H bomb test in the Eniwetok atoll in the Marshall Islands created a 25-square-mile fireball that vaporized an island and blew a huge hole in the ocean floor. -
Blacklisting in the entertainment industry
The blacklist is the practice of denying employment to screenwriters, actors, directors, musicans and otherss. The first blacklist was instituted on november the day after ten writers and directors were cited for contempt for congress. -
The Hiss Affair
Alger Hiss was accused of being a soviet spy and convicted of perjury in connection with his charge. Hiss was found guilty and sentenced to five years imprisonment -
Loyalty Oath Controversy at University of California
The oath proposed was in addition to the oath to support the constitution of the u.s. The oath was an effort to forestall action on the part of california committee to place a constitutional amendment on the state ballot. -
Korean War
The Korean War began when North Korean tanks and infantry crossed the thirty eight parallel. It was a war against the forces of the international communism itself. -
Brown vs. Board of Education, 1951
The Brown vs. Board of education is known as the supreme court decision that declared segregated schools to be inherently unequal. It was appoved that the school segregation violated the equal protection and due process clauses of the 14 amendment. -
The McCarthy Hearing
Joseph Mccarthy begins hearings investigating the U.S army which he charges with being soft on communism. The rise to fame as the most famous and feared communist hunter. -
Comic book bans in the 1950s
The comics magazine association of america was formed in response to a widespread public concern over gory and horrific comic book contents. This code banned graphic pictures of violence and gore in crime and horror comics. -
Developments and incidents involving the atomic bomb
Two mark 39 hydrogen bombs were accidentlly dropped over Goldsboro North Carolina. The bombs fell to earth after a b-52 bomber broke up in the mid air, and one of the devices was a nuclear weapon that was designed to act in warfare.
