Tech Project: 1942-1953

By kenijustine

  • The First Nuclear Reactor

    The United States created and tested the first nuclear reactor in a lab.

  • Steel Coins

    The United States started selling steel one-cent coins due to a shortage of copper because of WWII.

  • War Labor Disputes Act

    Allowed the president to take control of businesses on strike that interfered with production for the war.

  • The Yalta Conference

    Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin all meet up to talk about the ending of WWII.
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    Presidency of Harry S. Truman

    Truman was Roosevelt's Vice President before he passed away, then obtained office. Truman also dropped an atomic bomb in Japan ending WWII.

  • End of World War II

  • Jackie Robinson

    Jackie Robinson is the first ever black man to play professional baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

  • Hydrogen Bomb

    The construction of the Hydrogen Bomb gets approved by president Truman.

  • The Discovery of DNA

  • Death of Joseph Stalin

    Joseph Stalin, a leader of the Soviet Union, died of a stroke.