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The Big Three
Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin men in Tehran at this meeting Stalin demanded the United States and Britain to invade France (this invasion was planned for 1944). -
Executive Order 9066
This order removed people from designated "exclusion zones." People fo Japanese decent were placed under the custody of the war Relocation Authority. -
The G.I. Bill
The G.I. Bill was a multi-billion dollar entitlement program. Legislation offered a years worth of unemployment benefits to veterans who couldn't find work. They also did many other things including: making postsecondary education a reality, Veteran's Administration (VA) Paid lions' share of expenses, and more people were able to own houses. -
The UN Financial and Monetary Conference
Also called the Bretton Woods Conference it created the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Forerunner of the world bank, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD). -
The UN Charter
50 nations signed the United Nations charter. -
Trinity
Americans exploded the worlds first Nuclear Device named Trinity in New Mexico. -
Long Telegram
The Charge' d'affairs of the US embassy in Moscow George Kennan dent the Long Telegram to the State Department denouncing the Soviet Union. -
Executive Order 9835
Truman issued his loyalty order establishing loyalty reviews for federal employees. -
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The First Cold War
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Reconstruction
The US invested $13 billion toward reconstruction while loosening trade barriers. -
Fighting in Korea
Fighting erupted in Korea between communists in the north and America-backed anti-communists in the south. -
Trail of Julius Rosenberg
Julius Rosenberg worked at the US Army Signal Corps Laboratory in New Jersey, he was a member of the Communist Party and he passed bomb related documents to Soviet officials, he was tried, found guilty, and executed. -
Cease-fire
Soviet ambassador to the UN suggested a cease-fire and the US immediately accepted.