Study Tool: Chronological Events of the 1953-1960
Era
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Does not include issues on social history covered
separately. Br =
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Presidential Election/ Event |
Beyond |
Foreign Policy |
Government Institutions |
US Economic Development |
Issue/Organization Development |
Political Party Development |
1950s |
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Revival of Ku Klux
Klan; White Citizens Council est. |
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1950 |
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Sweatt v.
Painter |
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1953 |
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CIA covert action in |
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1953 |
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Chief Justice Earl
Warren appt. |
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1953 |
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Brown v. Board
of Education of |
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1953-03 |
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1953-04 |
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Dept. of Health,
Education and Welfare est. |
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1953-04-22 to 06-17 |
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Televised McCarthy
hearings |
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1953-06 |
Speech[1] |
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1953-07 |
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Korea: Truce ends
war |
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1953-11 |
Speech[2] |
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1954 |
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Aid to Fr of $3B over Vietnam |
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Elvis Presley
begins career |
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1954 |
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CIA covert action in Guatemala, est. military dictatorship |
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Salk vaccine |
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1954-05 |
Speech[3] |
Vietnam: Fr defeat
at Dien Bien Phu |
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1954-12 |
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Senate “condemned”
McCarthy |
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1955 |
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1st
McDonald’s and 1st Holiday Inn est. |
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1955-12 |
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Rosa Parks;
Montgomery Bus Boycott |
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1956-06 |
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Federal Highway
Act of 1956[4] |
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1956-06 |
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Egypt:
Nationalizes Suez |
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1956-10 |
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Israel: Invades
Gaza and Sinai peninsula Br/Fr: retake Suez |
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1956-10-11 |
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USSR: Crushed
Hungarian Revolution |
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1956-11 |
Dwight D.
Eisenhower vs. Adlai Stevenson |
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Democrats retain
Congress majority |
1957 |
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SCLC (Southern
Christian Leadership Conference) est. |
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1957-09 |
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Gov. Orval Faubus,
Little Rock, AR; rioting by 9-23 |
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1957-09-24 |
Little Rock - 1000
paratroopers |
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1957-10-04 |
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USSR: Sputnik |
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1958-09 |
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National Defense
Education Act |
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1958-11 |
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Democratic
victories |
1959-07 |
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NASA est. |
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1960-05 |
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USSR: Capture U-2,
Gary Powers |
Military spending: 1950 – 12.9 B 1960 – 39.2 B |
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1960-11 |
Richard M. Nixon
v. John F. Kennedy |
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Televised debates |
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1961-01 |
Ike’s Farewell
address |
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[1] Against “book burners”
[2] Right to meet “accuser face to face”
[3] On “demagogues thirsty for personal power and public notice”
[4] Purpose: evacuation in the event of nuclear war
[5] April-May – Nixon’s tour in South America met by anti-US demonstrations in Peru and Venezuela. August – Red China renewal of bombardment of Quemoy and Matsu. October – cease-fire on both sides.