The 1950s?

Question

what were some national news in the 1950's

Answer 1

The Korean War
The Cold War
The beginnings of Civil Rights
The Suez Canal conflict
Elvis and rock n roll
The polio vaccine
Sputnik
the 1st organ transplants
the 1st nuclear sub

Answer 2

1. The Korean Conflict
2. McCartheyism
3. The Rosenberg Spy Trial
4. Brown v Board of Education
5. Segregation and Little Rock, Arkansas
6. The Montgomery Bus Boycott

Just to name a few.....

Answer 3

First man in orbit (a Russian)
First American man in orbit.

You had both the Mercury program (one astronaut) and the beginning of the Gemini program (two astronauts) in the 1950s.

You might also want to check on the date of the Bikini Test (H-bomb test on Bikini Island).

The Soviets also got nuclear weapons.

Answer 4

There were many things happening in the 1950's

Check out the webpage for more info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950%27s

It was quite a decade.

Answer 5

1. US fights in Korea in 1950-1953
2.Eisenhower wins presidential elections in 1952 and 1956
3.McCarthy makes a stir in his anti-Communist approach and harassment to supposed communists
4.Nixon makes a name for himself in the Alger Hiss hearings
5.Alaska and Hawaii become the 49th and 50th states
6.Truman delivers first intercontinental TV speech
7.Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are electrocuted for treason for selling atom bomb secrets to the USSR
8. Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat and creating a rise in the Civil Rights movement
9.Interstate act passed to create the interstate highway system.
10.Immigration Acts passed claiming illegal any discrimination based on race or religion

Answer 6

McCarthyism

Korean War

Rock & Roll/Elvis Presley

Answer 7

I was not born until 1987

Answer 8

Korea,
Baby Boom,
Iron Curtain - Start of Cold War,

Answer 9

I was born