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Only U.S president to serve more than two terms
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The U.S. Congress first approves the first peacetime conscription draft in anticipation of possible American involvement in WWII
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U.S supplies forieng countries with matriel
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Later, a documentary was released seeing that this was one of the greatest films of all time.
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The heads consisted of Wahington, Licoln, Jefferson, and Roosevelt carved into granite.
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Hawaii attacked by 353 Japanese fighters, four battleships were sunk.
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Under direction of Major General Laslie Groves. Atomic bomb put to the test.
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Authorized Secretary of War to perscribe certain areas as military zones.
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Naval battle and Japanese were defeated.
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Whites and Blacks fight and cause lots of racial tension.
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Invasion of Normady. Very violent and bloody war.
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The most significant pieces of legislation ever produced by the federal government.
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Called "Operation Detachment" The fight was to gain three airfields.
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33rd president. Cold war starts after his death.
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Adolph Hitler commits suicide. Surrender signed by General Alfred Jodl.
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Nuclear bomb set off in Hiroshima. 90,000-166,000 people dead.
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Atomic bomb also dropped over Nagasaki. 60,000-80,000 killed.
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Held in Westminister central hall in London, England. 51 nation representatives were present.
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Founded in New York City and got the name "National Basketball Association" in 1949.
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First black man to play in the major leagues.
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America offered the same aid to the Soviet Union and it's allies, but went unaccepted.
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Ran against Thomas E. Dewey
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Mutual defense system, responds by defending each other in case of attack by an external party.
