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End of World War 2
We dropped the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, then Japan surrendered. -
Formation of the UN
50 nations signed up, the most competitive nations were the USA and the USSR. -
The Red Scare
During the Red Scare, there were many fears of communists in the U.S.A. There was abuse of the Constitutional Rights during the Red Scare. People got accused but there was no evidence. There were ten accused that went right to jail. The HUAC's job was to make sure that Communism was gone. Joe McCarthy accused people of being Communists when he was one. He would bully the witnesses and the Senate stopped him. -
Berlin Airlift
Tempelhof was one of the major runways that the US used, The US constructed a 12 foot rubber base for the runways for protection. -
NATO organized
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, It's a political organization that agreed to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party. -
Chinese goes Communist
The became communist because Mao Zedong gave land and reduced rents to the people and had help from the Soviets -
The Korean War
It began when the North Koreans invaded South Korea. After the invasion of South Korea, The United States started to head towards Korea. The war was very bloody and expensive. The United States suffered 54,246 deaths. On July 27 1953, the war was over with a cease fire.
