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  • Truman, Harry S.@
    Learn about Harry S. Truman, the 33rd President of the United States whose presidency was eventful in foreign affairs. Sites offer life, career, presidency, museum exhibits, photos, documents, speeches, and personal letters of one of the few U.S. Presidents who had to face too many domestic challenges marked by economic shortages, strikes, and more.
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Presidents/Truman__Harry_S__1884_1972_
  • EphemeraNow.com [pick] [read review]
    Showcases advertising and illustration art of mid-century America.
    www.ephemeranow.com
  • Eisenhower, Dwight D.@
    Learn about Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States and the first supreme commander of NATO. Sites feature biography, historical documents, audiovisuals, musuem exhibits, speeches, and reference material for the President who ended the Korean War, kept up the pressure on the Soviet Union during the Cold War, launched the space race, enlarged the social security system, and built the interstate highway system.
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Presidents/Eisenhower__Dwight_D___1890_1969_
  • Kingwood College Library: American History - 1950-1959
    Overview of 1950s U.S. history, with a timeline of key events, suggested reading, and links to resources on technology, art, literature, fashion, music, television, sports, and other topics of American cultural history.
    kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade50.html
  • Literature & Culture of the American 1950s
    Extensive collection of readings and links on the topic of 1950s U.S. cultural history.
    www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/home.html
  • Rosenbergs Trial@
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Cases/Rosenbergs_Trial
  • Salk, Jonas (1914 - 1995)@
    dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Salk__Jonas__1914_1995_
  • Atomic Duty of Bill Bires, The
    Assigned temporary duty at the Atomic Test Series, Buster-Jangle in the Nevada desert, in the fall of 1951.
    www.aracnet.com/~histgaz/atomi/bires
  • The American Experience: The Quiz Show Scandal
    A look into the corruption of television quiz-shows in the 1950s, and its impact on the TV business and a naive America.
    www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/quizshow
  • Biography of America: The Fifties
    Companion site to the video covering U.S. history in the 1950s. Includes a timeline, map, transcript, links to primary and secondary sources, and a video of the program.
    www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/prog23/index.html
 



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