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Yalta
The Yalta coference was sometimes named the Crimea Conference. The conference started on Febuary 4th-11th in 1945. It was a meeting of the heads of the US, UN, and the Soviet Union during WWII. The dicussion was to reorganize Europe after the war. -
Roosevelt dies
On April 12 1945 President Roosevelt said "I have a terrific pain in the back of my head". He was carried to his bedroom and his attending cardiologist arrived and said that the president had a stroke. At 3:35 pm the same day the president died. -
Truman Doctrine
The Doctrine was a foreign policy that provided economic and military aid to greece and turkey because they were threatend by communisum. -
Taft-Hartley Act
The taft-hartley act change parts of the wagner act of 1935. The Taft-Hartl;ey act also monitors the activities and power of labor units. -
Hollywood Ten
The Hollywood Ten were ten people that were accused of being communist. They were unable to get a job in any field. All of the ten people acussed of being communist were sent to jail. -
Hollywood Blacklisting
Blacklist Video The Hollywood Ten were ten people that were accused of being communist. They were unable to get a job in any field. All of the ten people acussed of being communist were sent to jail. -
Czech Coup
The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, with Soviet backing, gained control over the government of Czechoslovakia, ushering in over four decades of dictatorship under its rule. -
Arrest in Alabama
Glenn Taylor, Progressive Party candidate for Vice President. Was arrested in Alabama for violating segregation laws by attempting to hold an integrated political rally. Taylor's jailor is Birmingham police commissioner Bull Connor, who will later became notorious for unleashing attack dogs on peaceful civil rights protestors. -
Berlin Airlift Begins
Berlin Airlift VideoThe Soviets blockade West Berlin, leaving the city—which is Surrounded on all sides by Communist East Germany, without access to food and supplies. The Truman organizes a military airlift to supply West Germany. The Berlin Airlift will last for nearly a year, delivering 1.5 million tons of supplies via 200,000 separate flights -
Soviets reject Marshall Plan
The Soviet Union rejects participation in the Marshall Plan, with Stalin's Foreign Minister, V.M. Molotov, calling it an "imperialist" plot to enslave Eastern Europe. -
States Rights Party
Southern Democrats opposed to President Truman and the Democratic Party's liberal position on civil rights meet in Alabama to form the new States Rights Party, which nominates South Carolinian Strom Thurmond for president. -
Truman Desegregates the Military
President Truman signs Executive Order 9981, ending racial segregation of the armed forces. -
Truman's Suprise Reelection
President Harry S. Truman is elected to a second term as president, defeating Republican Thomas Dewey, Progressive Henry Wallace, and Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond in the election of 1948. -
Berlin Airlift ends
The Berlin airlift ends in victory for the Western Allies as the Soviets lift their blockade on the city. -
Soviet Atom Bomb
The Soviet Union successfully detonates its first atomic bomb. The loss of its atomic power comes as a terrible shock to the United States and its people. -
Mao Victories in China
Chairman Mao declares victory in the Chinese Civil War, creating the Communist People's Republic of China -
Chiang Kai-Shek Flees
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, longtime American ally and leader of the anticommunist Chinese Nationalists, flees China to organize the Republic of China on the island of Taiwan. -
North Korea invades South
Communist North Korean troops invade South Korea, beginning the Korean War. -
Edward R. Murrow
See It Now VideoEdward R. Murrow contributed to the political downfall of Senato Joseph McCarthy -
Stalin Dies
Soviet Communist leader Josef Stalin dies of a stroke. -
McCarthy Censured
The United States Senate censures Senator Joseph McCarthy for "conduct contrary to Senatorial tradition."
