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Congress Approves Draft
Congress approves compulsory service -
Lend-Lease Act
The US approves 7 billion dollar loan to their allies -
Pearl Harbor Attack
Japan bombed the port of pearl harbor -
The Tehran Conference
Planned June 1944 invasion of Europe -
D-Day
Allied Troops invade the French city of Normandy -
GI Bill is Signed
Provided rights to Veterans -
Yalta Conference
Discussed post-war peace -
Harry Truman Becomes President
Roosevelt Died -
Hiroshima Bombing
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Nagasaki Bombing
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First UN Meeting
included 51 nations -
NBA is Formed
Not really relevant, just think it's cool -
Truman Doctrine Announced
Grant Aid to Greece and Turkey -
Marshall Plan Announced
12 Billion recovery program in Europe, stop spread of communism -
Berlin Wall Erected
Soviet Union begins its land blockade of the Allied sectors of Berlin -
Truman Elected Presidency
Truman Beat all odds and won despite a projected landslide loss. -
Alger Hiss Indited
Convicted of passing state secrets to a communist spy ring -
NATO Founded
Any attack on a member nation is an attack on all nations -
US withdraws troops from Korea
US believes South Korea to be self-sufficient. -
Korean War Begins
North Korea attempts to invade and capture South Korea -
Rosenburgs Convicted
Found guilty of espionage, sentenced to death -
UN Forces are forced to retreat to the 38th Parallel
North Korean and Chinese forces open a counter-attack -
Eisenhower Wins the Presidency
Newcomer to politics, very popular -
President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower travels to Korea
Tries to initiate peace talks -
Fighting ceases in Korea
Cease-fire, N. and S. Korea still at war -
First Color TVs Sold
Added to American Dream, Bolstered economy -
McCarthyism Introduced
Joseph McCarthy causes widespread paranoia after accusing many high-level government officials of treason -
Segregation in Schools Declared Unconstitutional
Violated 14th Amendment -
McDonald's Founded
Revolutionized Consumerism -
Supreme Court Orders all Schools be Integrated
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Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Seat
Prompts Bus Boycott -
Federal-Aid Highway Act Signed
Interstate highway system begins, creates jobs -
Eisenhower Inaugurated for his Second Term
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Little Rock 9 Escorted to School by Federal Troops
National Guard called to duty by Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus to bar nine black students from attending previously all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. He withdrew the troops on September 21 and the students were allowed entrance to class two days later. A threat of violence caused President Eisenhower to dispatch federal troops to Little Rock on September 24 to enforce the edict.