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The End of World War 2
After the end of the War in Europe, the US continued to battle with Japan. The US dropped 2 atomic bombs on Japan and then they surrendered. -
Formation of the U.N.
The U.N stands for United Nations it is where the 50 nations joined together to promote world peace after WW2 -
The Red Scare and Joe McCarthy
The House of Represenitives formed un-american activites commision called HUAC.The first group that is targeted is Hollywood.They looked into 20 people and sent all but 10 to jail.Joe McCarthy was the Senator he was very anti Communist and was accusing people in 1950 of being Communist.People in America were scared of being Communist -
Berlin airlift
The Soviets blocked Berlin from getting supplies so they started dropping supplise by air from June 1948 to May 1949.They were dropping 300 tons of food a day to help the people on Berlin. -
NATO organized
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This is the allliance of Western European united for defense against the Soviets. -
China goes Communist
China became Communist under the leadership of Mao Zedong. Mao distributed land to them and reduced rents -
The Korean War
The Korean war was a time where their was conflict between North Korea and South Korea.The conflict arose from the attempts of the two Korean powers to re-unify Korea under their respective governments.The period immediately before the war was marked by escalating border conflicts at the 38th Parallel and attempts to negotiate elections for the entirety of Korea.
