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=**The Cold War at Home: **=




 * 1950 **

** June 25: ** The Korean War begins when North Korean forces cross the 38th parallel into South Korea. President Truman wins a UN mandate to drive communist forces from South Korea because the Soviet delegation is absent.

**September 15:** UN forces land behind enemy lines at Inchon, while other UN troops drive northward up the Korean peninsula.


 * October 7: ** U.S. forces cross the 38th parallel into North Korea.

**November 29:** After UN forces approach the Yalu River, Chinese troops intervene, pushing the U.S. and its allies out of North Korea.


 * 1951 **

** April 5: ** Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are sentenced to death for their alleged role in passing U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.


 * April 11: ** President Truman dismisses Gen. Douglas MacArthur for publicly challenging the policies of his civilian superiors. MacArthur had advocated an invasion of China.


 * 1952 **

** September 23: ** Checkers Speech. On nationwide television, Richard M. Nixon, the Republican vice presidential candidate, explains that an $18,000 private fund set up by wealthy backers was for "necessary political expenses" and "exposing communism." He added that he had received another gift, a cocker spaniel that his daughter had named Checkers.


 * 1953 **

**June 19:** Julius and Ethel Rosenberg become the only American civilians executed for espionage.


 * July 27: ** An armistice formally ends the Korean War, which killed three million people and cost the U.S. 54,000 lives and $22 billion.


 * 1954 **

**March 1:** Five members of Congress are shot on the floor of the House of Representatives by Puerto Rican nationalists.


 * April 22: ** The Army-McCarthy hearings begin. Sen. McCarthy had charged that the Secretary of the Army had interfered with his investigations of communists in the military. The Army counter charged that McCarthy had sought favors for an aide who was in the service. In December, the Senate censured McCarthy 67-22.


 * May 8: ** The French garrison at Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam falls to insurgent forces, the Viet Minh, led by Ho Chi Minh.


 * June 18: ** The CIA sponsors a coup in Guatemala overthrowing the government of Jacobo Arbenz, which had nationalized property owned by the United Fruit Company.


 * 1956 **

** October: ** Soviet troops crush a revolt in Hungary.


 * October 30: ** Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula after Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal and excludes Israeli shipping. The next day, Britain and France begin to bomb Egypt.

** The Red Scare... **

Was a public fear that communists were working to destroy America both from within and without.

**Smith Act...** 

Was a law against advocating violent overthrown of the government, to send 11 U.S. Communist Party members to prison.

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**House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)...**

Investigated subversive activities throughout American life, including academic institutions, labor unions, and city halls.


 * Hollywood Ten... **

Were a group of left-winged writers, directors, and producers.



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