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Attack of Pearl Harbor
The coast of Hawaii occupied by US battle ships and an area of US training for military as well as a military base for the US government was attacked by the Japanese by a surprise. This day remarked the day in which a war was in-formally announced between Japan and US. -
Franklin D. Rosevelt Is Elected as President
President Roosevelt for presidency in a time of turmoil and promised people that he will get everything under-control during such difficult times. He was elected as a representative of the democratic party and was the 32nd president of the United States of America -
Hitler's Commits Suicide
Hitler who was the most influential leader of his time ran a horrific party in German known as the NAZI's and was very successful and was a brutal man who killed many people. His army was starting to lose the war that he believed he would win so he didn't want to be taken and tried for his crime so he committed suicide along with his whole family. -
The Iron Curtain is Established
Iron curtain was established by the communists to keep the people from East Germany and from other Communist countries from leaving. The curtain eventually a Berlin wall so that the plan was to be enforced. -
Marshall Plan is Signed
The Marshall Plan was to rebuild Europe and was a $15 billion plan that was established by President Truman to make sure that Europe was fully re-established and so that they don't turn to Communism for help. -
The Dropping of the Two Nuclear Bombs on Japan
The United States has produced two nuclear bombs that was planned to be dropped on Japan after all the hard-ship that U.S was going through during this war and they used both of their bombs on the Japanese which eventually led the Japanese to surrender. -
Gi Bill (Servicemen's Readjustment Act) was Created
This was a bill that was passed to help Veterans adjust from war and military struck countries and come back to settle down to civilized homes and be able to go back to their life the way they had it before. -
Containment Policy
This policy was very important to the United States as they did not want to have communism spread anywhere in Europea or any other countries near by as the US belived that if one country fauls to communism then other countries will occur the same issue. -
Truman Doctrine
This was a plan that was set up to make sure that countries such as Turkey and Greece do not fall in the hands of communism as the U.S wanted to enforce a plan called "Containment" and so the US sent $400 million in military and supply support. -
National Security Act of 1947
This was a plan set up to create a department known as Department of Defense so that any issues affecting the United States would be dealty withthese issues immediately. -
U.S Airforce Becomes Own Department
The U.S Airforce before the WWII was part of just the military but was split apart and became its own department on Septembre 26, 1947. -
U.S Presidential Re-Election
Another presidential election was held and President Truman was elected to be the president for another term. -
Selective Service Act of 1948
This was an act passed to have soldiers enrolled and have them go to war as the army was in need of soldiers during WWII to make sure that they had enough soldiers ready to attack during any time. -
Alger Hiss Case
The case was in regards to a well-known lawyer in the government who was accused of perjury and being a Soviet spy helping the Soviets in important information. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
This was an organization that is a military alliance between countries who are part of the United Nations who agreed that an "attack on one, is an attack on all". -
Communists Win the War In China
In China, Communists under Mao Zedong force Chiang Kai-shek's KMT government to retreat to Taiwan. This caused many American's to double think about the containment policy and the efforts being made. -
Germany Divided
Germany was divided into West and East and it went as far as to later create a Berlin Wall to stop people from crossing to West Germany. -
Soviet Bomb Test
The Soviet Union tested their first atomic bomb on August to see that the bomb does work well and to show the other countries that they have a weapon as powerful as theirs. -
McCarran Internal Security Act
It is an act that states every Communist organization must be registered so that US can protect themselves and know that a SOviet attack isn't internal. -
Korean War Begins
The Korean war starts between the North who is communist and is being backed up by the Soviet Union, and the South being supported by the United States. -
22nd Amendment
The 22nd Amendment limts the rights of a president and what they can do and what they are not to be involved in. -
Armistice in Korea
North and South Korea don't get far as they get stopped at the 38th parallel which was set before the Korean War started. -
Rosenburg's Executed
The Rosenburgs have been accused of providing information to Soviet Union and spying on the United States. They were executed. -
Warsaw Pact Is Established
The Warsaw pact was set up by the Soviet Union to have a military alliance such as the NATO. -
President Eisenhower Sets Highway
President Eisenhower set up the Interncontinetal Highway system to help the travelling time be shortened. -
Bay of Pigs
Bay of Pigs is an incident authorized by JFK and it was to use the Cuban's against eachother so they can run the communist government out but it was a disaster. -
Martin Luther King Jr is Assasinated
Martin Luther King was assasinated.
