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McCarth's Wheeling Speech
In the 1950s a senator named Joseph McCarthy began to receive attention from Americans due to his deep passion about the government being corrupt with communist spies. Prior to this President Truman had ordered a through background check through his government. After a few men were found guilty McCarthy began proclaiming that he was "Americas only Salvation". February 9th in Virginia McCarthy gave a speech stating claims of communist activity. This speech set off an era of paranoia in America. -
Acrylic Nails!
Many ladies suffer today from not being able to grow out their nails enough to achieve the sexy feminine look. Well thanks to Fred Slack Acrylic nails have saved all you short nailed ladies today! Fred Slack came up with the idea after breaking one of his nails while in his dental office. He decided to replace his nail with a temporary one. Soon he started his company "Patti Nails" -
Brown Vs Board of Education
(http://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/history-brown-v-board-education-re-enactment)
Topeka, Kansas is home to a world famous event! Brown Vs BOE was the court case that represented the fall of segregation. In the 1950s a typical "Black School" would have consisted off outdated textbooks, and dusty nearly broken chairs. After bringing the Board of Education to court they ruled that segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th admenment. -
Martin Luther King Junior Leads Bus Boycott
Link text The Montgomery Bus Boycott was an act of civil rights in which African Americans refused to take city busses in Montgomery Alabama. This protest started as a result of Rosa Parks being arrested and fined for not giving up her seat to a white man. The US Supreme Court eventually called for Montgomery to integrate its transportation system. -
Little Rock Nine
The US Supreme Court had made it legal to segregate schools in 1896 . However Black schools often didn't have the materials needed to have a good education. In 1957 nine black students were to attend central high school who hadn't had any black students before. On the first day of school they were harassed called names and treated very badly. Dwight Eisenhower took action and in a few weeks every student was escorted by a member of the army . https://youtu.be/bdIDsNM61uM -
Berlin Wall
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=berlin+wall+song&view=detail&mid=53F9B95F107E21101A5153F9B95F107E21101A51&FORM=VIRE The Berlin Wall was separating the Eastern SIde of Berlin to the Western Side.
Fun Facts
The Western Side of the Wall was covered in graffiti.
The Westerners used the wall as a way of getting rid of things, anything they didn't need they through it over the wall. -
John Glenn Orbits Earth
Throughout the 1950's the Sylvia union had with kicking the US is but in the space race. Sensually President John F. Kennedy got frustrated and made the claim that US would have a man orbit Earth by the end of the decade. Kennedy's claim got America very excited. In 1962 John Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth. -
Kennedy Assasination
https://youtu.be/uw0CHiPpy0o Everybody knows that John F. Kennedy was one of the most well loved president in American history . Well November 22 was a sad day for many Americans . Lee Harvey Oswald fired three shots Fili killing president Kennedy and also injuring the governor. President Lyndon Johnson took office right after the scary event. -
NIKE
NIKE is one of the most popular brands today! The company was founded with just 1200 dollars in the bank by a man named Bill Bowerman. It wasn't called "NIKE" until 1971. The first Nike shoes were made inside of a waffle iron when Bowerman and his wife were making waffle for breakfast! -
Kellogs Frozen Waffle
(https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=first+kellogs+frozen+waffle+commercial&view=detail&mid=646383E1FACD78B1819A646383E1FACD78B1819A&FORM=VIRE) Kellogg's joined the frozen food business when they released their new Frozen Waffle. Kellogg's has been around for years, however the creation of the frozen waffle expanded the company's business by large numbers. -
MAC Cosmetics
MAC Cosmetics is one of the top makeup brands worldwide! The brand was founded in 1984 by Frank Toskan and Frank Angelo. Toskan and Angelo were both makeup artist/hairdressers who realized that the media industry needed more creative makeup for photoshoots. -
Invasion of Kuwait
http://www.thefinertimes.com/War-in-The-Middle-East/the-invasion-of-kuwait.html
Iraq accused Kuwait of stealing petroleum. This led to a 7 month Iranian Occupation of Kuwait eventually led to direct military invention into the Gulf War.
