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The Vietnam War: Background
The Vietnam War is a series of articles that discusses the origins, battles, and outcome of this conflict that involved much of Southeast Asia during the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. This introduction gives the background for U.S. involvement.
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Unesco: Israel: White City of Tel Aviv the Modern Movement
Tel Aviv was founded in 1909 and developed as a metropolitan city under the British Mandate in Palestine. The White City was constructed from the early 1930s until the 1950s, based on the urban plan by Sir Patrick Geddes, reflecting...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Marguerite Stagira Wilcox
Botanist Marguerite Stagira Wilcox worked at the Bureau of Plant Industry, U.S. Department of Agriculture, from 1921 through the mid-1950s, where her research focused on fungus diseases of small fruit. She served as Secretary of the...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel
This wind tunnel built in the 1950s allowed commercial and military aircraft as well as the Space Shuttle to be aerodynamically tested.
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British Tank Commander in Korea
The BBC provides a detailed 5 page overview of the Korean War that took place in the mid-1950s.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Arctic Sea Ice Levels
This image shows the thickness of Arctic sea ice in the 1950's compared to the projected Arctic sea ice levels 100 years later.
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Fifties Web: Burma Shave Slogans of the 50's
Burma-Shave information and slogans from the fifties.
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Syracuse University: "Remembering the Gi Bulge"
Gives basic information about the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, more commonly known as the GI Bill.
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Khan Academy: The Start of the Space Race
Looks at the USSR's launch of Sputnik and the galvanizing effect it had on America's motivation to fund aerospace research. NASA was soon formed and more funding was put in place for public education in the sciences and math.
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