Joseph McCarthy

*Senator from Wisconsin*Known for brutal interrogations of suspected communists*Picked on people with weak personalities (made him look good)*Once the hearings were aired on television, millions saw how unjust these were; thus ending McCarthyism.

Richard Nixon*Provided evidence that helped prove Hiss guilty in 1950 of being a Communist*Became Vice-President under Dwight Eisenhower and later became President

Studebaker*Popular car in 1950*People joked because the car looked like it was going backwards*Company went out of business in 1966

North Korea/South Korea

*Korea was split into north and south after WWII*North Korea became established as a Communist dictatorship by Soviet Union and Red China, after Japan was defeated*In 1950, North Korea attacked South Korea, starting the Korean War. *United Nations entered to defend South Korea*War resulted in a stalemate; Korea still divided to this day

H-bomb*Hydrogen bomb developed under Dr. William Teller*Many times more powerful than an atomic bomb

Sugar Ray*Sugar Ray Robinson was the middle-weight boxing champion of the world

Panmunjom*Located in Korea*Held negotiations between the UN—led by United States—and the Communist North Korea and South Korea to end the Korean War*Exchanged prisoners-of-war

The Catcher in the Rye

*Popular book among teens*Epitomized their attitudes and feelings*Written by J.D. Salinger

Eisenhower*Known as “Ike”*Supreme Commander in the WWII fight against the Nazis

Marciano*Rocky Marciano was the heavyweight boxer champion of the world*Retired undefeated

Joseph Stalin*Dictator of Soviet Union*Had millions of his people executed and sent to labor camps in Siberia *Changed name to “Stalin” which means “steel” in Russian

Campanella*Roy Campanella was the all-star catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team*Career cut short due to paralyzing car accident

Juan Peron*Popular leader in Argentina*Anti-American and anti-British*Empowered working class

Dien Bien Phu falls*French lose control over Indo-China—now known as Vietnam—with the fall of the city Dien Bien Phu

Einstein*Developed the Theory of relativity in 1903 *Died in 1955

James Dean*Movie star*Famous movie— “Rebel without a cause”*Killed in a car accident

Brooklyn’s got a winning team

*Dodgers finally won World Series over the Yankees*Later moved to LA

Davy Crockett*Actor Fess Parker starred in this popular TV series

Alabama*1955—Rosa Parks sat in a Montgomery, Alabama bus seat designated for whites only*Arrested for act of defiance*Boycott of Montgomery buses; lasted until December 1956*November 1956—Supreme Court decides to end segregation on transportation*Starting point for Civil Rights movement

Peyton Place*Number one best-seller*Teens marked the good parts in the book as they passed it among each other

Little Rock*9 black students enrolled at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas*Governor Faubus ordered National Guard to surround school to keep 9 students from entering*Eisenhower ensure their safety

Mickey Mantle*Great baseball player for Yankees*Switch-hitter*Lead in batting average and home runs

Bridge on the River Kwai

*1957 Academy Award winning movie*WWII Japanese prisoner-of-war camp

Starkweather Homocide

*Charles Starkweather was a serial killer*Starkweather and girlfriend, Caril Fugate, went on a killing spree of 11 to 15 people over a span of a month and a half*Captured and executed in 1959

Children of Thalidomide

*Medication intended for pregnant woman to combat morning sickness*Babies born with severe deformities