1942-1953

By Stan Wells

  • FDR signs EO 9066

  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway

  • The Pentagon was built

    The Pentagon was built

  • President Truman gave the order for the use of the atomic bomb with the bombing of Hiroshima. Three days later, the second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.

  • President Roosevelt's death and VP Harry Truman assumes office

  • The Committee on Civil Rights

    On December 5, 1946 President Harry Truman established the President's Committee on Civil Rights to investigate the status of civil rights in the United States and propose measures to strengthen and protect the civil rights of American citizens.

  • The Marshall Plan

    On April 3, 1948 President Harry Truman signed the Marshall Plan, which authorized $15 billion in aid for 16 countries.

  • The Hydrogen Bomb

    President Truman ordered the development of the hydrogen bomb, in response to the detonation of the Soviet Union's first atomic bomb in 1949.

  • Twenty-Second Amendment

    https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendments/amendment-xxii
    "Passed by Congress in 1947, and ratified by the states on February 27, 1951, the Twenty-Second Amendment limits an elected president to two terms in office, a total of eight years. However, it is possible for an individual to serve up to ten years as president."

  • US Nuclear Sub

    The U.S. nuclear submarine USS Nautilus was targeted.

  • Dwight D Eisenhower

    Dwight D. Eisenhower became the 34th president of the United States.