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FDR has died of a stroke. Harry S. Truman becomes his successor.
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Japan surrenders after America drops 2 atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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President Harry S. Truman pledged that the U.S would help any nation resist communism in order to prevent its spread.
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U.S program provides economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe.
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Fair Deal: Expand social security to more Americans, Increase the minimum wage, Repeal the Taft-Hartley Act restricting labor unions.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union.
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An act that maintained the security and promote the foreign policy and provide for the U.S by assisting friendly nations for international peace and security.
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Harry S. Truman, the Democratic nominee, defeated Republican Governor Thomas E. Dewey in 1952 election.