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Book Burning in Nazi Germany
All of the citizens of Gernany had to bring all the reading material they had to a specific location to where the then the Nazi army would end up buring all the books. Students and troops brought over 25,000 volumes of books that were thought to be "Un-German." "Book burning" refers to the ritual destruction by fire of books or other written materials. -
Developments and incidents involving the atomic bomb
The Allies became well aware of the Nazi's nuclear program on June 23, 1942 when the first major nuclear accident was recorded. Apoorly developed nuclear reactor exploded in Leipzig, Germany. -
Peace Treaty Ending World War II
After nearly a year and a hlad of conferences among the leading Allied powers , peace treaties were signed in Paris in 1947 with Italy, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Finland. This treaty didn't only make territorial concessions but also for the former Axis nations to pay reparations and yo limit the size and strength of their armed forces. This peace treaty came into effect as of September 5, 1947. -
Blacklisting in the entertainment industry
This was a list of individuals or organizations designated for special discrimination or boycott; they also put a person on this list as well. Many types of blacklisiting are actually legal. The most famous instance of blacklisiting in U.S. history occured in the entertainment industry during the 1940s and 1950s. This list really ruined a persons life because they lose their job, arent able to get emplyed after and it has great damage on that person or family. -
Cold War
The Cold War occured because of the tension of state of political and miltary after World War II. In this war there wasn't any physically enteractions to where they used weapons to do harm to one another. -
The Hiss Affair
Hiss wan an American lawyer, government official, and lecturer. He was accused at being a soviet spy in 1948 and covicted a prejury in connection with his charge in 1950. His kept his innocence untill his death. -
Loyalthy Oat Controversy at University of California
The Loyalthy Oat Controversy began in 1949 and continued untill the last suit for back wages was won by a non-signer. This wasn't a pledge or oath of allegiance but more of a legal document a person signs and legally bound to. Loyalty Oaths were commonly used between 1950 and 1960 when there were social tensions in the United States and people wanted to guard themselves against particular problems. -
The McCarthy Hearing
Senator Joseph McCarthy trials began when he said that the United States Army was being "soft" on communism. These televised hearings gave the American public their first view on McCarthy in action. From all the people saw his tactics quickly resulted in his fall from prominence. -
Korean War
The Korean war began as a Civil war between North and South Korea, but the conflict soon became international. The United States joined to support South Korea and the People's Republican of China entered to aid North Korea. After the war it left korea divided and brought the cold war onto Asia. -
Comic books bans in the 1950s
In 1954 comic books were banned because of the content that was in them but with time authors could have wrote whatever they pleased. In the years that passed comic books came out because authors wrote what they felt like writing. -
Brown Vs. Board of Education ,1951
This was a landmark in the Supreme Court which declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstituational. From this mark all the schools where equal and didnt discrimate against blacks. -
Rise of Suburbia/Levittown, PA
William Levitt was the founder of the biggest housebuilding business. This was the heap of the town that everyone was buying a house and Levitt came up with all sorts of different ideas. Those houses reaally went fast and people waited for theirs to be built.
