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Internal Security Act
An Act to protect the United States against certain un-American and subversive activities by requiring registration of Communist organizations, and for other purposes -
Korean War Begins
The Korean war began when North Korea invaded South Korea. -
22nd Amendment
The Twenty-second Amendment (Amendment XXII) of the United States Constitution limits the number of times one can be elected to the office of President of the United States. -
Douglas MacArthur Fired
U.S. President Harry S. Truman relieved General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of his commands after MacArthur made public statements which contradicted the administration's policies. -
Mutual Security Act
The Mutual Security Act of 1951 launched a major American foreign aid program, 1951-61, of grants to numerous countries. It largely replaced the Marshall Plan. The main goal was to help poor countries develop and to contain the spread of communism. -
H-Bomb
Truman ordered the development of the H-Bomb. The first Hydrogen Bomb was exploded in 1952. It was detonated on November 1, 1952 by the United States on Enewetak, an atoll in the Pacific Ocean, as part of Operation Ivy. -
Eisenhower is Elected
The US presidential election of 1952 was the 42nd quadrennial presidential election, Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower won a landslide victory over Democrat Adlai Stevenson. -
Korean War Ends
As Kim Il-sung's North Korean army, armed with Soviet tanks, quickly overran South Korea, the United States came to South Korea's aid. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War also known as the Second Indochina War and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
a policy enunciated by Dwight D. Eisenhower within a "Special Message to the Congress on the Situation in the Middle East". Under the Eisenhower Doctrine, a Middle Eastern country could request American economic assistance or aid from U.S. military forces if it was being threatened by armed aggression. -
Sputnik
Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957. It was a 58 cm diameter polished metal sphere, with four external radio antennas to broadcast radio pulses
