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The Berlin Airlift
The berlin airliftThe Berlin Airlift began in June 1948 and was the result of the Stalin from the Soviet Union closing all highways and rail routes into West Berlin. This caused West Berlin to not be able to get any more food or fuel into the city. So in an attempt to break the blockage, American and British troops started the Berlin Airlift. They would fly food and supplies into West Berlin. This took place for 327 days. Planes would land and take off every couple of minutes. There were 277,000 flights and -
America Reacts to Communist Takeover
In May of 1949 China became communists. After years of the United States playing peacemaker between Japan, who were communists and China, who were nationalists it just wasn’t enough. America was stunned. In congress, the Truman administration was attacked for only supplying limited aid to Chiang. The conservative republicans and the democrats wanted to know if containing communism in Europe was important, why wasn’t it in Asia. Their answer was it was a result of internal forces. The Unite -
The Rosenbergs
On September 3, 1949, Americans learned that the Soviet Union had exploded an atomic bomb. Even though Americans knew this would happen they didn’t expect it to happen for another 3 to 5 years. People started to wonder if communists had let the Soviet Union know that Americans were making a bomb. A man by the name of Klaus Fuchs admitted to giving the Soviet Union information about America’s atomic bomb in 1950. This leakage allowed the Soviet Union to build their own atomic bomb years befor -
Race for the H-Bomb
Since 1942 scientists who created the Atomic Bomb thought that is was possible to create an even more destructive thermonuclear weapon otherwise known as the H-Bomb or hydrogen bomb. This type of bomb could have the force of about 1million tons of T.N.T. or 67 times the power of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. There was argument about creating such a destructive weapon. Despite concerns, the United States and the Soviet Union entered into a deadly race to see which country would produce the H- -
The Television Debate Affects Votes
On September 26, 1960, 70 million people watched the first televised debate between presidential candidates. The two candidates were Kennedy and Nixon. Even though Kennedy had a well-organized campaign and the backing of his wealthy family many people still thought he was too young and not experienced enough. Americans also worried that if he won there would be a Roman Catholic in the White House. This could lead to two things either having closer ties to state and church or greater influenc -
Race to the Moon
first moon landingSoviet cosmonaut Yuri A Gagarin was the first human in space on April 12, 1961. Kennedy decided America would challenge this and send a man to the moon. A month later the United States sent a man to the moon. Telstar, a communications satellite broadcasted live pictures across the Atlantic Ocean from Maine to Europe later in that year. Nasa (America’s National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration) began construction of a new facility in Cape Canaveral, Florida. They also began construction o -
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Immigration act
The Great Society brought changes to the nation’s immigration laws. The Immigration Act of 1924 and the National Origins Act of 1924 established immigration quotas that discriminated against people outside Western Europe. With this act the quota was set at 150,000 people each year. It discriminated against south and eastern Europeans. It also barred Asians completely. The Act of 1965 allowed for many non-European immigrants to settle in the U.S. by ending quotas based on nationality.
