Major Events

Chapter 37 · 1952–1960

Dwight D. Eisenhower elected president

November 1952

Korean War armistice signed

July 1953

Brown v. Board of Education

May 1954

Montgomery Bus Boycott begins

December 1955

Interstate Highway Act signed

June 1956

Eisenhower reelected president

November 1956

Little Rock Central High crisis

September 1957

Sputnik launched

October 1957

NASA created; NDEA passed

1958

Cuban Revolution: Castro takes power

January 1959

U-2 incident wrecks the Paris summit

May 1960

Eisenhower's farewell address

January 1961