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The defeat of Germany and Japan lead to the end of World War II.
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The United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The bomb killed about 80,000.
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The Japanese surrendered and it was the end of World War II.
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The Marshall Plan was announced setting a precedent for helping countries combat poverty, disease and malnutrition.
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The United States meer with 19 Latin American countries and created a security zone around the hemisphere.
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Truman's Loyalty Program was created to catch Cold War spies.
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The Korean War begins. Stalin supports North Korea who invaded South Korea equipped with Soviet weapons.
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The United States established the Federal Civil Defense Administration.
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The USSR sent military aid to Afghanistan.
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During this time, NASA sent Sputnik, Sputnik II, Explorer into orbit.
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Cuba was taken over by Fidel Castro.
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John F. Kennedy elected President of the United States. He is then assassinated in 1963.
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This created concern in the United States and around the world of the missles being launched.
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During this time, there was an announcement of dispatching of 200,000 U.S. troops to Vietnam.
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President Johnson does not run for the Presidency and Richard Nixon is elected President of the United States.
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Apollo 11 lands on the moon and the United States takes their first steps on the moon,
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Cease fire in Vietnam between North Vietnam and the United States.
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North Vietnam defeats South Vietnam which falls to Communist forces.
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The Berlin Wal is demolished and East Germany allows unrestricted migration to West Germany.
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This was the end of the Soviet Union and the Cold War. This was an important time in the United States history.
