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An American initiative that would help rebuild western Europe by giving them $12 million dollars. It was proposed by secretary of state George Marshall.
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This established the coal mining board which took authority over all mining activities. It was made in 1946, however it was not put into action until 1947.
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A policy set into place by the United States that was set to counteract the geographical expansion of the Soviet Union
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UK nationilized their railroads which means that the ownership was made public and it was no longer private.
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One of the first international crises of the Cold War. It was when the soviets blocked all railways, roads, and canal accesses from the allies to western Berlin
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Made from the idea that people should have good healthcare, and nobody should be turned away.
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An ambitious set of proposals that Truman used in his State of the Union address. It stated his entire domestic agenda.
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it is also known as the Washington treaty and it formed the legal basis, and is implemented by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Its purpose was to provide collective security on the Soviet Union
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Another name for West Germany, it was established as the land that the Allies had control over.
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75,000 soldiers crossed the 38th parallel and attacked South Korea. The North was the communist side backed by the Soviets, while the South was democratic and backed by the Allies
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Truman ordered the United States Naval forces, and the United States Air Force to go and fight for South Korea
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The United Nations forces retreat South towards the 38th Parallel because the chinese throw a counterattack at the UN troops
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They were found guilty of conspiring of wartime espionage and were sentenced to death.
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a mutual security pact signed between the US, Australia, and New zealand
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the inauguration of trans-continental television went along with Truman's speech. His speech talked about the treaty that would be signed by the US, Japan, and 47 other nations.
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President Truman authorized people to seize the mills in hope to avoid a strike, however this was deemed illegal and therefore never happened.
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Out in the Pacific Ocean at Eniwetok Atoll, Mike which was the first Hydrogen bomb was detonated
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Eisenhower, who is a WWII veteran, and the president Elect at the time, travels to Korea with hopes to end the conflict.
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fighting comes to a halt in the Korean war. The UN signs and Armistice agreement with the enemies in hope to ending the war.
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The cold war starts up again due to President Eisenhower's secret message that states that the US needs to expand their nuclear power to wipe out communism.
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A new invention called the colored television goes on sale.
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the first large scale vaccination for polio is given to kids in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
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On this day the US deemed that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.
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In Bangkok Thailand, the Southeast Asian Treaty Organization is formed which creates a defense pact between 8 nations.
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The US agrees to train Southern Vietnamese troops
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Rosa Parks, who is an African American seamstress, refuses to give up her seat on a bus to a white man.
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The two largest American labor groups merge together. they are the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
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Congressmen from all over the South call for massive resistance to the Supreme court on desegregation
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The first Transatlantic telephone cable begins operation
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Eisenhower beats Stevenson for a second time with a similar outcome. The electoral 457 to 73 was
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Eisenhower is inaugurated for his second term as the president of the US
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Congress approves the first Civil rights bill since the reconstruction Era, and it protects more voting rights.
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The US tries to send its first satellite into space, however due to it catching fire on the launchpad, the mission was a failure.
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The Explorer 1 is the first US satellite launched into space. It departed by the army out of Cape Canaveral, and went on to discover the Van Allen Radiation Belt.
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The first major world's fair opened in Brussels, Belgium for the first time since the end of WWII, and it stirred up controversy between the Soviets and the US about the Cold War.
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the Jet Airline Passenger Service Was inaugurated by National Airlines. Its first flight departed out of New York City, and went to Miami, Florida.
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Alaska now becomes the 49th state of the US
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Nasa selects 7 military pilots to become the first astronauts of the US. They were called the Mercury Seven.
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Eisenhower invites Nikita Khrushchev to his to his farm in Gettysburg. This marks the first time a that Soviet Union leader visited the US
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Tiros 1 was the first weather satellite that was launched into space by the US
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In the Soviet Union, a US reconnaissance plane is shot down by Soviet forces. This leads to the capture of Pilot Gary Powers.
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On this day, the 50 star American Flag debuted in Philadelphia
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The invasion is repulsed by Cuban forces in an attempt to overthrow the regime of Fidel Castro
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The first Sub Orbital Space flight is manned and completed by Commander Allan B. Shepard Jr. who was inside a mercury capsule and launched 116.5 miles above the Earth from Cape Canaveral.
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The construction of the wall begins by the Soviet bloc. Thus segregating the city which was held in four sectors by the allies.