U.S. History by Year, 1940-1959

Based on the clues, guess these American related things that happened in each year.

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1959

This territory is admitted as the 50th and latest state to the union

Hawaii

1958

The U.S. establishes this agency in response to the Soviet launch of Sputnik

NASA

1957

This "King of Rock" releases the song Jailhouse Rock

Elvis Presley

1956

Dwight D. Eisenhower establishes this highway system

Interstate

1955

This woman is arrested after refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person

Rosa Parks

1954

This senator is condemned for his role in persecuting suspected communists

Joseph McCarthy

1953

Hugh Hefner begins publishing this adult magazine

Playboy

1952

This city becomes a popular destination for tourists to watch live atomic bomb tests

Las Vegas

1951

This sitcom starring Lucille Ball debuts on CBS

I Love Lucy

1950

The U.S. along with UN forces go to war in this peninsula against communist forces

Korea

1949

The United States joins this defense organization with 30 other countries

NATO

1948

The U.S. airlifts supplies to this city after the Soviet Union places a land blockade

Berlin

1947

A supposed UFO, reportedly a balloon, crashes near this New Mexico city

Roswell

1946

A riot breaks out in this San Francisco prison as a result of an escape attempt

Alcatraz

1945

This secret project succeeds in creating and detonating the first atomic bomb

Manhattan Project

1944

2,501 Americans die on D-Day while invading this German controlled region of France

Normandy

1943

FDR meets with Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin in this Middle Eastern city

Tehran

1942

This general promises to return to the Philippines after its Japanese capture

Douglas MacArthur

1941

The U.S. enters WWII after Japan attacks this naval base

Pearl Harbor

1940

This burger chain opens its first location in San Bernardino, California

McDonald's

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