What are 5 major events that occured after the year 1945 that involved the United States of America? 1945-1955

Question

Between the years 1945-1955

Answer 1

1947 The Marshall Plan -- The European Recovery Program. Pumped more than 12 Billion into Europe over the next four years to return a devestated Europe to a state approaching health.
1949 The Truman Doctrine--introduced the concept of 'containment', which meant using American might to counter Soviet pressure wherever it developed. 'Containment' also led to the establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to defend Western Europe against Soviet Bloc attack.

1950 Rosenberg executions --Americans learned than Klaus Fuchs, a respected European scientist who had total access to Lows Alamos during the war, had been passing secrets to the Russians. Around the same time it was testified that crude drawings of atomic weapons had been passed to Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Claiming innocence at their trial, The Rosenbergs relied on the the 5th Amendment when asked if they were commies.The other conspirators in the trial were given prison sentences, because they all agreed to help the prosecution, which the Rosenbergs refused to do which is what ultimately sent them to the electric chair.
1950 McCarthyism -- In 1950 it meant a brave patriotic stand against Communism, with the broad support of the media and people. Now it has come to mean the smear campaign of groundless accusations from which the accused could not escape.

June 1950 - The Korean War--A mass charge of North Koreans came down out of the mountains to roll over American sponsered government in South Korea. Armed and trained by the Soviets, this was the most efficient fighting force in Asia after the Soviet Red Army.

1954 -Brown v. Board of Education--Every day Linda Brown wondered whyshe had to ride 5 miles to school whenher bus passed the Sumner Elementary School, just 4 blocks from her house. When her father tried to enroll her in Sumner for fourth grade, the Topeka Kansas school authorities just said no. In 1951 Kansas, Linda Brown was the wrong color for Sumner. "Separate but equal' kept Linda Brown out of the nearby schools and this also dictated everything from maternity wards to morgues, from water fountains to swimming pools, from prisons to polling places. Exactly how these 'separate' facilities were 'equal' remained a mystery to blacks: If everything was so equal, why didn't white people want to use them? The disparity was more complete and disgraceful in the public schools. Schools for whites were spanking new, well maintained, properly staffed, andamply supplied. Black schools were usually single room shacks w/ no toilets, a single teacher, and a broken chalkboard. In the winter, black parents had to buy coal if they wanted their children to be warm. Finally Chief Justice Earl Warren, from the unanimous opinion of Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka: " We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place..."

1955 - The arrest of Rosa Parks-- a 43 year old seamstress who worked in a downtown Montgomery dept. store, was on her way home from work. Loaded down by bags filled w/ her christmas shopping, she boarded a city bus and moved to the back, legally and traditionally the ***** section. Finding no seats there, she took one toward the middle of the bus. When the driver picked up more white passengers, he called out, '******* move back' an order to vacate the white seats even if it meant standing. Mrs Parks refused. Unwilling to leave that seat, Rosa Parks was arrested for violating Montgomery's transportation laws. She was ordered to court on the following Monday. Meeting to protest Mrs. Parks arrest and the reason for it, the black community of Montgomery selected the 27 year old pastor of Mrs Park's church, the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, as it's leader. Calling for a peaceful form of resistance, the young minister urged his people to boycott the buses of Montgomery. The young minister was Martin Luther King, Jr.

Answer 2

Korean War

Answer 3

http://www.timelines.info/history/ages_and_periods/the_modern_world/the_cold_war/detailed_chronology_of_the_cold_war/1945_to_1955/

go to the above link to see a timeline.