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US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, & Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin met to make important decisions about the future progress of their respected countries after the war.
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US President Harry Truman, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, & British Prime Minister Winston Churchill met in Potsdam, Germany to negotiate the terms for the end of WWII.
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One of the first major international crisis of the Cold War. The Soviet Union shut off all access to canals for Germany & also all access to Berlin.
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The Marshall Plan channeled over $13 billion to finance the resurrection of the European economy between 1948 & 1951.
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In response to the Soviet Union blocking all Berlin access, the Western Allies created the Berlin Airlift to take supplies to the people of West Berlin.
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US Army Chief of Staff General Omar N. Bradley states that segregation will come to the military when it becomes a fact in normal American society.
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The bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki caused Soviet leader Joseph Stalin to order the creation of atom bombs and order the tests of them.
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On this date, Mao Zedong proclaimed the creation of the People's Republic in China. This created upheaval and bloodshed, which eventually led to a revolution against the government.
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The Korean War began as a civil war between North & South Korea, but the conflict soon became global when both sides added help from other countries.
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Eisenhower was President from 1953 - 1961.
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Senator Joseph McCarthy begins hearings investigation the United States Army, which he charges with being "soft" on Communism.
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The hearing was handed down because a Supreme Court ruled that segregation was constitutional as long as equal facilities were given to both whites and blacks.
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Emmett Till was murdered because he was caught flirting with a white man's girlfriend at a local bar.
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This was where African Americans refused to ride public transportation in order to protest against segregated seating.
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He incrase troops sent to Vietnam for French aid to prevent communism.
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The bill created a 41,000 mile interstate system that would "eliminate unsafe roads across America.
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On this day, a mob of whites gathered at the high school to protest against 9 African-American students that were enrolled in the high school.
