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| 1952, March 20 |
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| The Senate ratified the peace treaty with Japan and approved Pacific security agreements contracted with Japan, the Philippines, Australia, and New Zealand. | 1 |
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| April 8 |
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| The president ordered government seizure of the nation's steel industry to avert a strike. On April 29, the district court of Washington, D.C., ruled that the seizure was unconstitutional. On June 2 the Supreme Court upheld the ruling. | 2 |
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| May 23 |
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| The government returned the railroads to private owners after 21 months of government management. | 3 |
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| June 26 |
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| The McCarran-Walter Immigration and Nationality Act, passed over the president's veto, permitted naturalization of Asians and established a quota for further admission, but also provided for exclusion and deportation of aliens and control of citizens abroad. Increasing numbers of Mexicans were admitted to the U.S. under the bracero (temporary, or “day worker”) program. Puerto Rican immigration also increased without legal restrictions. | 4 |
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| July 24 |
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| A White House agreement ended the 54-day strike of steel workers. | 5 |
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| Nov. 5 |
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| Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) carried 39 states to defeat Adlai Stevenson (Democrat) for the presidency. | 6 |
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