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Franklin D. Roosevelt's Presidency
Franklin D. Roosevelt is the 32nd President of the United States. -
First Legally Contracted Workers
The United States signed an agreement with Mexico to bring the first group of contracted workers to work in California. -
The Congress of Racial Equality
The Congress of Racial Equality was an organization formed to achieve desegregation. -
Executive Order 9066
President Roosevelt signed this Executive Order which enabled military officials to remove and detain any suspicious individuals. Over 110,000 people of Japanese descent were affected. -
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Battle of the Midway
The American Navy experienced major naval victories against the Imperial Japanese Navy. The United States military fought the Japanese from island to island and had aircraft carrier duels. This was the first major Japanese defeat. -
War Refugees Board
Henry Morgenthau, the Secretary of the Treasury formed the War Refugees Board to advocate for Jewish refugees. The WRB saved around two hundred thousand Jews, and Henry convinced Roosevelt to publicly condemn the Nazi's persecution of the Jews. -
The G.I. Bill
The G.I. Bill was a bill developed by William Atherton that proposed how to reward post-war veterans without destroying the United States economy. The bill created public services for the veterans such as access to higher education, some unemployment benefits, low home loan down payment requirements, and more financing benefits. -
Trinity
The Americans exploded the first successful nuclear device named Trinity in New Mexico. -
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Harry S. Truman's Presidency
Harry S. Truman is the 33rd President of the United States. -
Germany Surrenders
Germany surrendered to the Allied Powers at Reims, France. Initially, Germany wanted to surrender only to the Allies Western Europe. However, Eisenhower demanded a complete surrender. -
The United Nations Charter
Numerous nations around the world discussed how to preserve world order and peace. They agreed on the United Nations charter that was based on four freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. Fifty nations signed the charter on June 26, 1945. -
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Fat Man and Little Boy
The United States of America detonated two nuclear bombs named Fat Man and Little Boy in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. About 80,000 civilians were killed. -
Japan Surrenders
The Emperor Hirohito of Japan surrendered to the United States and Japanese delegates from the government formally signed Japan's surrender on the USS Missouri. -
The Long Telegram
George Kennan of the US Embassy in Moscow sent a long telegram to the United States denouncing the Soviet Union. He stated that there could be no cooperation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. -
The Taft-Harley Act
The act was designed to encourage labor unions to purge communists -
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The European Recovery Program
The United States invested thirteen billion dollars into the reconstruction of Europe. -
Germany is Split
Germany was officially split in half with the western half, the Federal Republic of Germany, being supported by the US and the eastern half, the German Democratic Republic, being supported by the Soviet Union. -
NATO Is Established
The United States established the North Atlantic Treaty Organization which was a mutual defense pact signed by several countries including the US, Canada, England, France, Belgium and more.