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  2. Timeline of the history of the United States (1950–1969)

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    1960 – U-2 incident, wherein a CIA U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union airspace 1960 – Greensboro sit-ins, sparked by four African American college students refusing to move from a segregated lunch counter, and the Nashville sit-ins, spur similar actions and increases sentiment in the Civil Rights Movement.

  3. History of the United States (1945–1964) - Wikipedia

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    Timely Comics, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel Comics, had million-selling titles that featured the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner, and Captain America. Satire and humor during the 1950s were popular and abundant. MAD, the American humor magazine, was founded by editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines in 1952.

  4. 1950s - Wikipedia

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    An American family watching television together in 1958. The 1950s are known as the Golden Age of Television by some people. Sales of TV sets rose tremendously in the 1950s and by 1950 4.4 million families in America had a television set. Americans devoted most of their free time to watching television broadcasts.

  5. United States involvement in regime change - Wikipedia

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    Since the 19th century, the United States government has participated and interfered, both overtly and covertly, in the replacement of many foreign governments. In the latter half of the 19th century, the U.S. government initiated actions for regime change mainly in Latin America and the southwest Pacific, including the Spanish–American and Philippine–American wars.

  6. 1950s American automobile culture - Wikipedia

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    Tailfins gave a Space Age look to cars, and along with extensive use of chrome became commonplace by the end of the decade. 1950s American automobile culture has had an enduring influence on the culture of the United States, as reflected in popular music, major trends from the 1950s and mainstream acceptance of the "hot rod" culture. The American manufacturing economy switched from producing ...

  7. Is the Middle-Class ‘American Dream’ of the 1950s Still ...

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    GOBankingRates asked financial experts how to reclaim the middle-class dreams of the 1950s. Realizing the Dream Money management through budgeting, saving, investment and planning are essential to ...

  8. 1950 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    April 1 – Charles R. Drew, African American physician, pioneer in blood transfusion, died as result of automobile accident (b. 1904) April 7 – Walter Huston, actor (b. 1883) April 11 – Bainbridge Colby, United States Secretary of State (b. 1869) April 16 – Henry J. Knauf, politician (b. 1891) April 26 – G. Murray Hulbert, politician ...

  9. 33 Companies That Changed American Culture for Better ... - AOL

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    Some people may think Amazon and Facebook were the first companies to disrupt American culture, but that’s been happening a lot longer than either of those famous brands have been around.