Political Timeline

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    Political Timeline

    this gives information on the politics and culture in the 1950s

  • Korean War Begins

    On June 25, 1950 the Korean War began

  • Truman signs an act to officially end WWII

  • Joseph Stalin dies.

  • The Cold War continues in earnest when President Dwight D. Eisenhower approved a top secret document stating that the U.S. nuclear arsenal must be expanded to combat the communist threat around the world.

    The Cold War continues in earnest when President Dwight D. Eisenhower approved a top secret document stating that the U.S. nuclear arsenal must be expanded to combat the communist threat around the world.

  • Racial segregation was ruled as unconstitutional in public schools by the U.S. Supreme court in Brown vs. the Board of Education. The ruling of the court stated that racial segregation violated the 14th Amendment's clause that guaranteed equal protection.

    racial segregation was ruled as unconstitutional in public schools by the U.S. Supreme court in Brown vs. the Board of Education. The ruling of the court stated that racial segregation violated the 14th Amendment's clause that guaranteed equal protection. The Monroe School in Topeka, Kansas had segregated Linda Brown in its classes.

  • Interstate highway system begins with the signing of the Federal-Aid Highway Act.

    nterstate highway system begins with the signing of the Federal-Aid Highway Act.

  • U.S. Congress approves the first civil rights bill since reconstruction with additional protection of voting rights.

  • Alaska is admitted to the United States as the 49th state.

  • Hawaii is admitted as the 50th state of the United states.

  • President Dwight D. Eisenhower hosts Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev at his farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania during the first visit of any Soviet Union leader to the United States.