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Babay boom begins
the baby boom begins at the end of WWII and produces a large generation -
Baby and Child care
Baby and child care released, demonstrated stereotypical suburban america -
first Levittown
William levitt builds original levittown, the stereotype for the 50s suburbs -
truman desegregates Military
truman desegregates the armed forces to lead the way in civil rights -
truman elected
truman reelected over Dewey in surprise victory -
social security act of 1950
act in the fair deal that expanded SS -
Eisenhower elected
eisenhower victorious over adlai stevenson -
department of Health education and welfare
consolidates welfare programs to one department -
Brown V BOE topeka
segregation is made illegal by a supreme court decision -
54 midterms
midterm shows democrat support that eisenhower must overcome -
montgomerry bus boycott
The montgomery bus Boycott begins due to the arrest of Rosa Parks -
NAtional Highway act
NAtional highway act passed by eisenhower to rebuild infrastructure -
Eisenhower reelected
eisenhower defeats stevenson again with suport from korean war -
Little Rock Nine
Nine black students originally denied from high school, eisenhower sends in troops to protect them -
vanguard
american vanguard rocket fails on take off -
On the Road
Jack keroac sets the tone for the beat movement with on the road -
prayer pilgrimage
MLK leads pilgrimage on aniversity of Brown v BOE -
1957 civil rights law
Congress passes first civil rights law since reconstruction, creates comission on civil rights -
Sputnik
soviets launch sputnik and strike fear in americans -
SNCC formed
Student nonviolent coordinating commitee formed to coordinate student protesters
