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Congress approves compulsory service
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The US approves 7 billion dollar loan to their allies
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Japan bombed the port of pearl harbor
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Planned June 1944 invasion of Europe
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Allied Troops invade the French city of Normandy
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Provided rights to Veterans
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Discussed post-war peace
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Roosevelt Died
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included 51 nations
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Not really relevant, just think it's cool
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Grant Aid to Greece and Turkey
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12 Billion recovery program in Europe, stop spread of communism
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Soviet Union begins its land blockade of the Allied sectors of Berlin
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Truman Beat all odds and won despite a projected landslide loss.
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Convicted of passing state secrets to a communist spy ring
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Any attack on a member nation is an attack on all nations
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US believes South Korea to be self-sufficient.
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North Korea attempts to invade and capture South Korea
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Found guilty of espionage, sentenced to death
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North Korean and Chinese forces open a counter-attack
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Newcomer to politics, very popular
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Tries to initiate peace talks
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Cease-fire, N. and S. Korea still at war
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Added to American Dream, Bolstered economy
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Joseph McCarthy causes widespread paranoia after accusing many high-level government officials of treason
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Violated 14th Amendment
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Revolutionized Consumerism
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Prompts Bus Boycott
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Interstate highway system begins, creates jobs
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National Guard called to duty by Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus to bar nine black students from attending previously all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. He withdrew the troops on September 21 and the students were allowed entrance to class two days later. A threat of violence caused President Eisenhower to dispatch federal troops to Little Rock on September 24 to enforce the edict.