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Devlopement of new technology
Television signals were originally transmitted exclusively via land based transmitters. The quality of receptian varied greatly. Back then there was not even any color on the tv screen, all black and white. With out need to say there was barly any channels. Nowadays there is over a thousand channels with the newest HD quality that can do all kinds of stuff and watch all kinds of movies right at your fingertips. -
The Hiss Affair
Hiss was convicted of perjury for denying that he had been a Soviet spy during WWII. Hiss served nearly 4 years in jail but steadfastly his innocence during and after his incarceration. Hiss was a communistv in the 1930's and 1940's. -
The Cold War
Suspicion and mistrust had defined the U.S-Soviet relations for decades. The Cold War was a long period of tension between the democracies in the Western World and the communist countries in of Eastern Europe. The west was led by the United States and the Eastern Europe was led by the Soviet Union. -
Peace Treaty ending WWII
The victorious wartime allied powers (U.S, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, and France) negotiated the peace treaties with Italty, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Finland following the end of WWII.The treaties allowed Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Finland to resume their responsibilities as sovereign states in international affairs and to qualify for membership in the united nations. -
Blacklisting in the entertainment industry
This is known the be the practice of denying employment to screenwritors, actors, directors, musicians, and other U.S entertainment professionals. That is due to their suspected political beliefs or associations. This directly damaged the careers of officals working in the film industry. -
Loyalty Oath Controvery at University of California
California State senator Tenny introduces thirteen bills in reaction to suspected communist in government. Administrators are concerned that wide-spread anti-communist sentiment will result in new laws threating the University's traditional autonomy from direct control by the State Legislature -
The Korean War
The Korean war began with 75,00 soldiers, pounding across the 38th parallel. By July Americans troops had entered the war on the south Koreans behalf, against north Korea. It wasn't until July 1953 that the war finally ended killing over 5 million soldiers and civilians. -
Comic book bans
Comic magazine that were alternative to government regualtions cause the bans of these books. The government did not premit being talked upon in these magazines. Some of the authors publishing the magazines even went to jail for such things being put in these books. -
Rise of suburbia/Levittown
Between 1950s and 1960s, 20 million people were drawn to mass housing developements on the outskirts of America's cities. The move to suburbs outstripped the fabble Westward migration of the 1800's numerous times. The new suburbs combined country conforts with city conviences. -
Brown vs Board of Education
In August, a three-judge panel at the U.S district court unanimously held in this case that no willful, intentional, or substantial discriminationexisted in Topeakas schools. U.S district court found that the physical facilities in white and black schools were comparable. This was a huge problem in the civil rights movement. -
The McCarthy Hearings
The McCarthy Hearings were a serious of hearings held by the United States Senate's Suncomitte on Investigations between April 1954 and June 1954. The hearings were held for purpose of investigating conflicting accusations between the United States Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy. The army accused chief comittee consuel Roy Cohn of pressuring the army to give prefedential treatment to David Schime. -
Developments and incidents involving the atomic bomb
The U.s was narrowly sparrowed of disaster when two Mark 39 hydrogen bombs were accidently dropped over Goldsboro. The bombs fell to earth after B-52 bomber broke up in mid-air, and one of the devices behaved precisely as a nuclear weapon was design to behave in warfare. Each bomb carried a payload of 4 megatons. -
Book burning in Nazi Germany
One of the first targets of Hitler and his Nazi organization were books. When Hitler got in power he ordered to confisgate and destroy any literature deemed subversive to the National Socialist agenda. The elimination of these documents were carried out in a ceremonial fashion.
