1953

Foreign Policy Developments

 MaCarthur fired, cease fire agreement made it Korean War 

Domestic Policy Developments

Dwight Eisenhower takes office , Rosenbergs executed 

1954

Foreign Policy Developments

French lose Dien Bien Phu

Domestic Policy Developments 
Army McCarthy hearings televised, Brown vs the Board of Education  

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1955

Foreign Policy Developments

John Foster Dulles and M.A.D, Warsaw Pact signed

Domestic Policy Developments
Death of Emmett Till, Rosa Parks, Birmingham Bus Boycott 
 

1956

Foreign Policy Developments

Ngo Dinh diem refuses open elections in Vietnam 

Domestic Policy Developments
The National Highway Act leads to Suburbanization  

1957

Foreign Policy Developments

Soviets launch Sputnik, Eisenhower Doctrine , CIA covert ops in Middle East

Domestic Policy Developments

Little Rock Nine, Kerouac goes on the road

1958

Foreign Policy Developments

Peaceful co-existence, Hungarian Revolution  

Domestic Policy Developments

the National Defense in Education Act (reaction to Sputnik)

1959

Foreign Policy Developments

Eisenhower and the Domino Theory, Castro leads a revolt in Cuba

Domestic Policy Developments

Alaska and Hawaii added as 49th and 50th states in the Union 

1960

Foreign Policy Developments

Societ shoot down the US spy plane

Domestic Policy Developments

Sen John F. Kennedy  and the first televised Presidential debate, sit-ins in North Carolina