What are some political events that happened in the 1950s?

There were
several political events that happened in the 1950s. Some involved the United States and other
countries while some only impacted the United States.

In the realm of foreign
affairs, there were several significant events that occurred. In 1953, the conflict in Korea
came to an end. This conflict, which began in 1950, left the boundary between North Korea and
South Korea unchanged. Additionally, South Korea remained noncommunist. In 1956, the Vietnam War
began. When South Vietnam didnt hold the elections that were scheduled to be held in 1956, North
Vietnam went to war against South Vietnam. In the 1950s, our involvement in the Vietnam War was
minimal. That would change dramatically in the 1960s. The United States and the Soviet Union
entered the Space Race. The Soviet Union was the first country to launch a satellite into space
in 1957. This set off a panic in the United States that we were falling behind the Soviet Union.
In 1958, we launched our first satellite into space.

Domestically, there were
several major events, especially in the area of civil rights. The Supreme Court ruled that the
concept of separate but equal was unconstitutional in the Brown v Board of
Education case in 1954. The Montgomery Bus Boycott began in 1955 and ended when
segregation on buses was declared unconstitutional. Martin Luther King, Jr. became the leader of
the nonviolent civil rights movement.

The 1950s was a time of significant
progress and development. People began to move to the suburbs. There were new medical
breakthroughs such as the development of the polio vaccine. People were buying new items such as
air conditioners and television sets. Many new highways were built as a result of the passage of
the Federal Highway Act. Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected President in 1952. He won reelection
in 1956.

The 1950s was a busy decade both at home and
abroad.