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An Agreement between U.S. President Roosevelt and Mexico offering employment for Mexicans in the States mostly for the railroads and agriculture areas.
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Japanese citizens in America were moved to detainment camps under the command of President Roosevelt.
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A Japanese invasion of the Pacific ocean is prevented by U.S. forces.
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A second United States navy victory in the Pacific region to prevent Japanese from further advacement.
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A secret atomic weapon is developed by American scientist that can level an entire city.
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In Tehran, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin discuss plans of a massive push back on the German hold of France.
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Largest amphibious assault by Allied forces who landed on Normandy beach to pressure German forces to retreat.
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Veterans would receive various benefits including education expenses, unemployment benefits, home loans, and more.
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A last-ditch effort by the Germans to defeat the Allies.
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The period of rivalry between the U.S. and Russia which included military arms buildup, economic support for nations fighting against communist takeover, and political propaganda.
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A desperate struggle for control between U.S. and Japanese military which resulted in a great loss of life for both sides.
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Germany surrendered to the Allies.
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This alliance consisted of around 50 nations
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American forces detonate bombs on two Japanese cities within three days. The cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the targets.
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Japanese & American leaders officially sign surrender aboard U.S.S. Missouri.
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From an embassy in Moscow, George Kennan sends a telegram urging the US to contain Soviet expansion.
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Churchill, speaking to a group in Missouri, compared the communist takeover of Europe to an "iron curtain that had lowered."
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Robinson became the first African American int eh major leagues when he signed on to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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The program was designed to proved large sums of capital to Western Europe after the war in order to return the region to economic health and political stability.
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Forms of speech in the labor movement were regulated and union officials were provided the authority to remove individuals who they believed to be communists.
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As a result to the Marshall plan, the Soviet Union established a system to assistance to Eastern European nations.
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This act designed to promoted the United States ideals and values to other countries around the world.
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United States officially recognizes the state of Israel.
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This blockade of West Germany by the Soviet Union was overcome by a series of simple airlift of supplies from the United States. The blockaded was lifted the following year on May 12, 1949.
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Accusations of Hiss as a communist spy led to his arrest and later conviction of perjury since the time limit for espionage had expired
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Truman is sworn is for his second term in office.
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An agreement between U.S., Canada, England, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland to support one another against aggression from other nations.
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Germany was divided Into West and East with the Western half name the Federal Republic of Germany and the Eastern communist half named the German Democratic Republic.
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Soviet scientist successfully detonate an atomic bomb years ahead of when the American officials believed they would.
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Television takes place of radio in the 1950s.
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A National Security document warning about threats to the United State of America from the Soviet Union's arsenal of weapons of mass destruction.
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Senator Joe McCarthy's speech warning of communists in official American government positions promoted the ideas of communists threats to the United States.
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A war between America and South Korea against communist North Korea involving multiple battles back and forth across the 38th parallel. United Nations Soviet ambassador offered a cease fire plan on June 23, 1951.
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This act government power to act against communism by requiring all communist organizations to register with the federal government.
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Presidential terms of service limited to two.
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The Rosenberg's were sentenced to be executed for their involvement in passing American atomic bomb secrets to the Soviet Union.
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President Truman dismissed General Douglas McArthur for insubordination by challenging the president's Korean War policies.
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The first American hydrogen bomb was detonated which further magnified the arms race.
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Agreement signed formally ending the Korean War.
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First hydrogen bomb detonated by Soviet Union.
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President Eisenhower suggests in a speech at the UN General Assembly an initiative to share nuclear energy knowledge with other scientist in order to develop technology to improve the world rather than destroy it.
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Senator McCarthy holds televised hearings to question Army personnel with the question, "Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the Communist party?"
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A war between France and Vietnam with American intervention that lasted almost ten years and led to thousands of American deaths with numerous protests because of the lack of clear direction and policies from U.S. officials.
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A court cast where "separate but equal" is determined to be unconstitutional in regards to segregated schools.
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“One nation, under God” is added to the Pledge of Allegiance and two years later “In God We Trust” becomes the national motto.