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- The Germans invade Poland, effectively starting WW2 as France and the UK have guaranteed Poland’s independence, meaning they are forced to join the war.
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- The Empire of Japan bombs the strategic Island of Pearl Harbor, which stationed many American vessels and fuel silos.
- Prompted FDR to declare war a day later
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- Aimed to improve the financial conditions of veterans who fought in WW2, through many benefits such as subsidized housing, paid-for education (college level), and other economic opportunities
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- A series of meetings held at Yalta, Crimea (Soviet Occupied Territory)
- The three world leaders (Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin) discuss the fate of the world after WW2
- Leads to many conflicts regarding: How to partition Germany, the fate of Poland, Japan, and Africa
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- FDR dies from Polio, leaving his Vice-president Harry S. Truman to be the new president of the United States.
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- Victory in Europe Day, where Germany surrenders and the Allies seize Europe
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- Meeting between: Harry S. Truman, Joseph Stalin, and Clement Attlee, to discuss further more how the world would look after WW2
- Led to much tension due to the U.S.’s development of the A-Bomb, which the Soviets where aware of due to the Espionage of the Manhattan Project
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- The “Little Boy” was dropped by the Enola Gay on Hiroshima.
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- Second Atomic Bomb dropped on Japan called “Fat Man” which was dropped by Enola Gay.
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- Commonly known as Victory in Japan day. Officially ended WW2 as The Empire of Japan surrendered on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
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- George Kennan sends a telegram to the US outlining how the spread of communism must be contained and how the US needs to not be pushed back by Soviet resilience.
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- Speech made by Winston Churchill in Fulton Missouri, outlining how an “Iron Curtain” was falling down on Eastern Europe, and how communism was inherently harmful towards Capitalism/democracy
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- Restricted the power of Labor Unions
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- The Marshall Plan was a proposition from George C. Marshall (Trumans Secretary of State) to pump money into the European Economy to strengthen its weak foundation, bettering the global economy in the long run and preventing European nations from going into Turmoil which could lead to the spread of communism.
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- Was mostly a reaction to the NATO alliance, where the USSR and its allies/satellites formed a coalition against NATO
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- Due to the blockade of West Berlin by the Soviet Union, the US begins to send supply planes into Berlin at a constant rate to supply the western part of the city.
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- North Atlantic Treaty Organization, comprised of many Democratic/western influenced nations who sought to protect one another from Soviet expansion
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- The communist party of China drives the Nationalists out of mainland China and into Taiwan, effectively taking control of China in its entirety.
- Led by Mao Zeodong
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- Conflict that started with North Korea invading South Korea with overwhelming numbers.
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- Due to a feared labor strike on steel mills, Truman decided to seize the mills to keep up with production
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- Many people who were interested in Levittown, and met the criteria (Nuclear family, white, middle class citizens) migrated from Urban areas to more rural areas.
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- The Rosenbergs were a family (2) that were convicted of being communist spies and sentenced to the electric chair
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- Sparked by Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama
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- A series of claims by more than 100 southern politicians, outlining the refusal of integration of school system (in the south).
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