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Major country leaders got together to dicuss how the world will progress after the war
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The U.S, Great Britain, and Soviet Union leaders meet in Potsdam Germany to discuss terms for the end of WWII
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The Marshall Plan was something that helped rebuild Europe.
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The Soviet Union tried to block the U.S, Great Britain and other places from Berlin. Boats, trains, nothing could go into Berlin.
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U.S and United Kingdom responded to the Berlin Blockade by airlifting supplies to Berlin, instead of boat or train.
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An executive order was passed to end segregation of the United States armed forces.
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The Soviet Union tested their first atomic bomb in Kazakhstan
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China's leader created the peoples republic of China. (Ended the war with Chinese communist party,
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Started after almost 100,000 North Korean troops went marched through the 38th parrallel (first act of the Cold War)
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Dwight Eisenhower sends troops to Vietnam.
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Mccarthy went to court against the U.S army
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The U.S supreme court handed down the decision of Brown vs board of education that blacks and whites are equal but seperate.
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Two white beat and killed a young black man named Emmett, and tried to cover up their murder.
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