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This order was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Executive Order 9066 ordered people who were seen as a threat to national security from the West Coast to relocate. -
D-Day refers to the battle of Normandy in France.This was a part of Operation Overlord during World War II. Allied forces landed on the beaches in Normandy. This was the largest seaborne invasions in history. -
The Servicemen's Readjustment Act (GI Bill), was put in place to help veterans that are coming home from World War II. It provided a range of benefits for these returning veterans. -
Harry S. Truman became president after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States. -
On August 6-9, 1945, the U.S. dropped two nuclear weapons on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These nuclear weapons killed between 129,000 and 226,000 civilians.
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The Cold War was a period of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union. They never actually went into face-to-face combat. However, they fought indirectly for several decades.
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This organization was formed to create a security from the Soviet Union. It was an alliance between 30 European and North American countries. -
North Korea invaded South Korea on Jun 25, 1950. The United States joined a few days later but no progress was being made. After a few years everyone agreed to an armistice and brought the Korean War to an end.
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The worlds first hydrogen bomb was detonated on November 1, 1952 by the Unites States. The bomb, also known as Mike, was detonated on the Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific Marshall Islands. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower became president on January 20, 1953. This made him the 34th president of the Unites States of America defeating Democrat Adlai Stevenson.