Entire History Class
Updated 12 Jan 2022
Essentially anything dated to the July 2nd is a filler day and month because I could not find the actual day or month.
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Created byDanielle Lattig
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Taft-Hartley ActWagner ActCouncil of Economic AdvisorsStrikes in most major industriesApril 1946 Coal StrikeEisenhower wins Presidential ElectionEisenhower Recession #1Communist Party wins over ChinaNSC-68McCarran Internal Securities Act of 1950Alger Hiss accused of espionageKlaus Fuchs joins German Communist PartyKlaus Fuchs worked for Manhattan ProjectKlaus Fuchs gives secrets of bombs to USSRKlaus Fuchs caught giving secrets of bombs to USSRKlaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 yearsJulius & Ethel Rosenberg convicted of espionage and put to deathTruman gives speech to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored PeopleBill signed allowing federal agencies to provide minor medical and dental services to employees.National Mental Health ActHill-Burton ActFederal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide ActGrants to states for cancer control were introductedA Clinical and Laboratory Research Center was establishedWater Pollution LawResearch construction provisions of the Appropriations Act for FY gave funds for hospitals & researchNational Institute of Dental Research authorized by National Dental Research ActNational Heart ActHospital Survey & Construction ActOmnibus Medical Research Act passedProgram to fund payments for care of old and low-income people createdAtomic Energy Commission createdNational Institute of Arthritis & Metabolic Diseases is establishedNational Institute of Neurological Diseases & Blindness is establishedDurham-Humphrey Amendment passedEmployment ActOffice of Economic Stabilization establishedFederal Employees Pay Act1st code of federal regulations for mine safetyJudiciary & Judicial Procedure ActFair Labor Standards AmendmentChild labor prohibitedFederal Coal Mine Safety ActMcGuire ActNational School Lunch & Milk ActGeorge-Barden ActFulbright ProgramFederal Impacted Areas Aid ProgramLow-interest loans for dorm construction$96.5 million given for school construction$23 million given for school operating expensesFarmers Home Administration establishedFederal Housing & Rent ActHousing Agency establishedHousing ActHousing & Rent ActHousing ActRent Controls extendedIncrease pension rates for veteransUnemployment benefits extended for 1 year for seamenVeteran Readjustment ActIncreased veteran compensation and pension ratesSocial Security ActConservation of Wildlife Act passedFarmers Commodity Credit Corporation Charter ActAgricultural ActDisaster Loan ActLoan program for expanding and improving rural telephonesAppropriations for Tennessee Valley Authority & the Rural Electrification Administration increasedExecutive order #9981Fair DealCheckers SpeechPeriods
New DealEisenhower Recession #2An "Age of Affluence"2nd Red ScareKorean War$3.7 billion spent for GI benefits78.3 million Americans born during this time period
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