AP American History
Political Events and Legislation of the 1950s as Symbols of the Times

Harry S.Truman (Democrat):

1. GI Bill of Rights

2. Full Employment Act of 1946

3. Taft Hartley Act 1946
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4. National Security Act 1947, 1949

5. Alger Hiss Case 1948

6. Loyalty Review Boards (Truman’s Loyalty Program 1947-1951)

7. The Fair Deal 1949

8. McCarran Internal Security Act of 1950

9. McCarran-Walter Immigration Act of 1952

10. Dennis v. United States (1951)


Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican):

1. Extension of some New Deal/Fair Deal type programs

2. Army-McCarthy Hearings 1954

3. “Under God” put into the Pledge 1954

4. “In God We Trust”  1956/1957

5.  Federal Highways Act 1956

6. Civil Rights Act of 1957

7. Yates v. United States 1957

8. National Defense Education Act 1958

9. Landrum Griffin Act 1959