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1950's PEOPLE
1950's Important People to Know
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Nikita Khruschev | leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin died |
| Fidel Castro | Communist leader who took over Cuba in 1959 |
| Mao Zedong | Communist leader of China |
| Harry Truman | U.S. President who desegregated the military in 1948 |
| Rosa Parks | refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, which led to a bus boycott |
| Dwight Eisenhower | U.S. President for most of the 1950's; he helped get the Interstate Highway System built |
| Douglas MacArthur | Commander of all United Nations soldiers in the Korean War |
| Jospeh McCarthy | Senator who accused many people of being communist |