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Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the Federal government to remove 120,000 men, women, and children who were Japanese-American, to interned camps. -
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America wins the battle of the Coral Sea against Japan. -
America wins another naval battle, crippling the Japanese Navy. -
The United States signs an agreement to bring the first legally contracted workers from Mexico, into California. -
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In 1943, the Mobile, Beaumont, and Harlem Riots all took place. These were caused by racial tensions. -
The War Refugees Board is created
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In 1945, Harry S. Truman became the president of the United States, and remained in office until 1953 -
The Big Three (Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin) meet at Yalta, and they reaffirmed Hitler's impending surrender. -
In July of 1945, Trinity, the first nuclear device is tested effectively in New Mexico. -
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On August 6, 1945, America dropped the first atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, effectively bringing the World War Two to an end. -
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From 1946-1964, A lot of children were born, so many, that they called this era the Baby Boomer Era.
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George Kennan sends a telegram to the U.S. embassy, denouncing the Soviet Union. -
Walter Lippmann writes his book, "The Cold War: A Study in U.S. Foreign Policy", coining the phrase, "Cold War" -
President Truman grows suspicious of people in the government, and executes this order, so that he can establish the loyalty of government employees.
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On March 12, 1947, Truman gave Greece and Turkey $400 million to fight the communist terrorists threatening those countries.
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This is what started the American airlift of supplies into West Berlin. -
The Americans finally could stop their airlift of supplies when Russia lifted the barrier on West Berlin. -
The summer of 1949 initiated the launching of NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. -
Mao Zedong was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), defeated Chiang Kai-Shek, the leader of the Chinese Nationalists, finally making China Communist. -
Four years after the end of World War Two, Russia successfully tested their first atomic bomb. -
In 1950, The first credit card was issued, making consumer goods more accessible. -
On February 9, 1950, Joseph McCarthy incited fear into the hearts of many Americans by saying that there were many communists that had infiltrated the government, and it scared the people of America greatly. -
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America creates the first Hydrogen bomb, taking advantage of nuclear fission, rather than fusion. -
In 1953, Dwight D. Eisenhower became the president, and he remained in office until 1961 -
In 1953, Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke to the United Nations assembly and talked about the potential abilities of nuclear power being used for peace. -
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The DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) wanted peace, so an armistice was signed, ending the Korean War. -
In 1953, Russia successfully created and tested a hydrogen bomb. -
When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the Montgomery bus, she was put in jail for it. -
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were a married couple who were convicted of giving classified information over to the Russians, and they were executed for it.