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United States Timeline:1940's
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U.S Congress reintroduces the draft
the u.s congress approves the first peacetime conscription draft in anticipation of possible American involvement in WWII. -
Franklin D.Roosevelt is elected 3rd term as president of the U.S.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was re-elected a 3rd time. -
Lend-Lease Act is approved
this law gave FDR authority to aid great britain with ships and war materials. -
RKO pictures releases Citizen Kane
movie -
Manhattan Project begins
Discovery of the Atomic bomb -
Mount Rushmore is completed
National memorial carving in the granite of Mt. Rushmore near Keystone -
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Surprise attack on Pearl Harbor -
Executive order 9066 is signed
Gave the military powers to ban any citisen from an area stretching from Washington to California to Arizona. -
Battle of Midway
Battle at Midway -
Detroit, Michigan race riots
rioting between blacks and whites in Detroit -
D-Day
Allied troops fought Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy -
G.I. bill of rights signed into law
a law that provided a range of benefits for returning WWII veterans. -
americans land at Iwo Jima
(operation detachment) a major battle in the US captured the Iwo Jima from Japanese empire. -
Harry S. Truman becomes president
33rd president of the U.S -
Germany surrenders
when Hitler committed suicide, Germany surrenders to the US -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
America dropped the stomic bomb on the japanse. -
First meeting of the United Nations General Assembly
one of the 6 principal organizations of the united nations and only where all are equal. -
National basketball association of america is founded.
(NBA) professional basketball league. there were 29 in the US -
Jackie Robinson debuts at first base fro Brooklyn Dodgers
First black MLB player of the modern area -
Marshall Plan
first black MLB player in the US of the modern era -
President Truman is re-elected
Truman got re-elected -
NATO is formed
self-defense against soviet aggression
