Portal:1950s

Topics Culture Geography Health History Mathematics Nature People Philosophy Religion Society Technology Template:/box-header The 1950s or The Fifties was a decade that began on January 1, 1950 and ended on December 31, 1959. By its end, the world had largely recovered from World War II and the Cold War developed from its modest beginning in the late 1940s to a hot competition between the United States and the Soviet Union by the beginning of the 1960s. Clashes between communism and capitalism dominated the decade, especially in the Northern Hemisphere. The conflicts included the Korean War in the beginnings of the decade and the beginning of the Space Race with the launch of Sputnik I. Along with increased testing of nuclear weapons (such as RDS-37 and Upshot-Knothole), this created a politically conservative climate. In the United States, the Red Scare (fear of communism) caused public Congressional hearings by both houses in Congress and anti-communism was the prevailing sentiment in the United States throughout the decade. The beginning of decolonization in Africa and Asia occurred in this decade and accelerated in the following decade, the 1960s. More about the 1950s... Template:/box-footer More anniversaries... Joseph Raymond "Joe" McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957. Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most visible public face of a period in which Cold War tensions fueled fears of widespread Communist subversion. Select [+] to view subcategories ▼ 1950s ► 1950 ► 1951 ► 1952 ► 1953 ► 1954 ► 1955 ► 1956 ► 1957 ► 1958 ► 1959 ► 1950s architecture ► 1950s births ► 1950s books ► 1950s comics ► 1950s deaths ► 1950s economic history ► 1950s fads and trends ► 1950s fashion ► 1950s racehorse births ► 1950s racehorse deaths ► 1950s in science ► 1950s in sports You are invited to participate in WikiProject Years, a WikiProject dedicated to developing and improving articles about years, decades, centuries, and millennia. Improve this portal Add all 1950s articles 1920s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s What are portals? List of portals Featured portals