U.S. History II 1942 - 1953

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  • FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT ELECTED PRESIDENT FOR 4TH TERM

    FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT ELECTED PRESIDENT FOR 4TH TERM

  • CONGRESS OF RACIAL EQUALITY

    FOUNDED ON PRINCIPLES OF NONVIOLENCE AS TACTIC AGAINST SEGREGATION

  • EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066

    PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AUTHORIZING SECRETARY OF WAR TO PRESCRIBE MILITARY AREAS
  • FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT'S DEATH

    FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT'S DEATH

  • BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA

    BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA

    BATTLE BETWEEN THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY AND THE NAVAL AND AIR FORCES OF THE U.S. AND AUSTRALIA. FIRST TIME A JAPANESE OFFENSIVE HAD BEEN STOPPED
  • BATTLE OF MIDWAY

    BATTLE OF MIDWAY

    U.S NAVY DEFEATED AN ATTACK BY THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY

  • GI BILL BECOMES LAW

    PROVIDING VETERANS OF WWII FUNDS FOR COLLEGE, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, AND HOUSING

  • THE BRACERO PROGRAM

    MEXICAN FARM LABOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE U.S. AND MEXICO FOR CONTRACT LABOR
  • NUCLEAR BOMGING OF NAGASAKI

    NUCLEAR BOMGING OF NAGASAKI

  • CASABLANCA CONFERENCE

    (CODE NAME SYMBOL) CHURCHILL AND ROOSEVELT MET TO PLAN STRATEGY FOR THE NEXT PHASE IN THE WAR, STALIN DID NOT ATTEND. LASTED UNTIL JANUARY 24, 2943
  • RIOT MOBILE ALABAMA

    RIOT MOBILE ALABAMA

    WHITE WORKERS RIOT AFTER BLACK WORKERS ARE PROMOTED
  • BEAUMONT RACE RIOT

    BEAUMONT RACE RIOT

    RACIAL TENSION DUE TO SUDDEN INFLUX OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WORKERS IN BEAUMONT SHIPYARD
  • HARLEM RACE RIOT

    HARLEM RACE RIOT

    STARTED WHEN A WHITE POLICE OFFICER SHOW AN AFRICAN AMERICAN SOLDIER

  • TEHRAN CONFERENCE

    (CODE NAME EUREKA) STRATEGY MEETING WITH STALIN ROOSEVELT AND CHURCHILL. LASTED UNTIL DECEMBER 1, 1943

  • WAR REFUGEES BOARD

    SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY HENRY MORGENTHAU, JR CONVINCED PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TO ESTABLISH A GOVT AGENCY TO COORDINATE THE RESCUE OF EUROPEAN JEWS
  • THE NORMANDY LANDINGS

    THE NORMANDY LANDINGS

    OPERATION NEPTUNE, D-DAY, ALLIES BEGAN THE LIBERATION OF FRANCE

  • BRETTON WOODS CONFERENCE

    THE UN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY CONFERENCE, CREATED THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND THE INTERNATION BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT. LASTED UNTIL JULY 22, 1944

  • DUMBARTON OAKS CONFERENCE

    REPS FROM CHINA, USSR, US, AND UK MET IN WASHINGTON D.C. TO FORMULATE PROPOSALS FOR THE BASIS OF WHAT WOULD BE THE U.N. LASTED UNTIL OCTOBER 7, 1944

  • THE YALTA CONFERENCE

    (CODE NAME ARGONAUT) AKA THE CRIMEAN CONFERENCE/US, UK, USSR MET TO DISCUSS POSTWAR REORGANIZATION OF GERMANY AND EUROPE. LASTED UNTIL
    FEBRUARY 11, 1945
  • BATTLE OF IWO JIMA

    BATTLE OF IWO JIMA

    BATTLE BETWEEN THE US MARINE CORPS AND NAVY AND THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY; OBJECTIVE WAS CONTROL OF STRATEGIC AIRFIELDS. LASTED UNTIL MARCH 26, 1945
  • BOMBING OF TOKYO

    BOMBING OF TOKYO

    (OPERATION MEETINGHOUSE) JAPANESE KNOW IT AS THE GREAT TOKYO AIR RAID

  • PRESIDENT TRUMAN SUPPORTS GREECE AND TURKEY

    TRUMAN OFFERED $400 MILLION IN AID TO GREECE AND TURKEY TO PROTECT DEMOCRACY BY HELPING THEM RESIST COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES
  • THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA

    THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA

    (OPERATION ICEBERG) US ARMY AND MARINE CORP AGAINST THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY. LASTED UNTIL JULY 2, 1945

  • UNITED NATIONS CHARTER SIGNED

    IN SAN FRANCISCO, WENT INTO EFFECT OCTOBER 24 1945 SIGNED BY 50 NATIONS
  • THE TRINITY TEST

    THE TRINITY TEST

    SUCCESSFUL DETONATION OF A PLUTONIUM BOMB AT THE ALAMOGORDO AIR FORCE TESTING SITE
  • NUCLEAR BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA

    NUCLEAR BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA

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    EUROPEAN FAMINE SEVERELY AFFECTED GERMANY AND SOVIET UNION

  • THE LONG TELEGRAM

    THE LONG TELEGRAM

    GEORGE KENNAN U.S. AMBASSADOR IN MOSCOW SENT TELEGRAM WARNING OF PARTNERING WITH THE SOVIETS

  • FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION

    FOUNDED BY LEONARD E. REED DEDICATED TO THE "ECONOMIC, ETHICAL AND LEGAL PRINCIPLES OF A FREE SOCIETY"
  • CONSTRUCTION OF LEVITTOWN

    CONSTRUCTION OF LEVITTOWN

    ABRAHAM LEVITT AND HIS TWO SONS BUILT A PLANNED COMMUNITY IN NASSAU COUNTY, LONG ISLAND

  • COLD WAR: A STUDY IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY PUBLISHED

    PUBLISHED BY WALTER LIPPMAN COINED THE TERM COLD WAR

  • THE X ARTICLE

    PUBLISHED BY GEORGE KENNAN UNDER THE PSEUDONYM "X" FORMERLY TITLED THE SOURCES OF SOVIET CONDUCT STATING THAT THE SOVIET EXPANSION AGENDA MUST BE CONTAINED

  • AMERICANS FOR DEMOCRATIC ACTION FORMED

    ANTI-COMMUNIST LIBERAL ASSOCIATION DESCENDANT OF THE SOCIALIST PARTY OF AMERICA AND THE COMMITTEE TO DEFEND AMERICA BY AIDING THE ALLIES. GREW OUT OF THE UNION FOR DEMOCRATIC ACTION

  • EXECUTIVE ORDER 9835

    PRESIDENT HARRY S TRUMAN'S LOYALTY ORDER DESIGNED TO ROOT OUT COMMUNIST INFLUENCE IN THE U.S. FEDERAL GOVT
  • GENERAL GEORGE MARSHALL'S SPEECH

    GENERAL GEORGE MARSHALL'S SPEECH

    HARVARD UNIVERSITY SPEECH STATING THE U.S. SHOULD FACILITATE THE ECONOMIC HEALTH OF THE WORLD

  • TAFT-HARTLEY ACT

    LABOR MANAGEMENT RELATIONS ACT THAT RESTRICTS THE ACTIVITIES AND POWERS OF LABOR UNIONS

  • UN RESOLUTION 112

    TEMP COMMISSION TO MONITOR FREE ELECTIONS IN KOREA IN ATTEMPT TO REUNIFY KOREA UNDER ONE GOVERNMENT, THEY WERE UNABLE TO ENTER NORTH KOREA

  • GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE

    LEGAL AGREEMENT AMONG COUNTRIES PROMOTING INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND ELIMINATING OR REDUCING TARIFFS AND QUOTAS
  • THE BERLIN BLOCKADE

    THE BERLIN BLOCKADE

    USSR BLOCKED THE WESTERN ALLIES' ACCESS TO SECTORS OF BERLIN IN RESPONSE TO THE NEW DEUTSCHE MARK. LASTED UNTIL MAY 12, 1949
  • WHITTAKER CHAMBERS TESTIMONY

    WHITTAKER CHAMBERS TESTIMONY

    CHAMBERS TESTIFIES THAT ALGER HISS HAD BEEN A COMMUNIST WHILE WORKING FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
  • HARRY TRUMAN ELECTED PRESIDENT

    HARRY TRUMAN ELECTED PRESIDENT

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    HOUSE UNAMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE CONDUCTED OVER 100 INVESTIGATIONS

  • THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY

    ESTABLISHED NATO, COALITION OF US, CANADA, AND SEVERAL WESTERN EUROPEAN NATIONS TO PROVIDE SECURITY AGAINST THE USSR

  • FORMATION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

  • SOVIET SCIENTISTS SUCCESSFULLY TEST THE ATOMIC BOMB

  • PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA BECOMES THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

  • FORMATION OF THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

  • ENEMIES FROM WITHIN SPEECH

    ENEMIES FROM WITHIN SPEECH

    SENATOR MCCARTHY CLAIMED TO HAVE A LIST OF COMMUNISTS WORKING IN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT

  • SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE INVESTIGATION OF LOYALTY OF STATE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES AKA THE TYDINGS COMMITTEE/LABELED MCCARTHYISM AS A POLITICAL WITCHHUNT

    INVESTIGATED THE ALLEGATIONS MADE BY JOSEPH MCCARTHY. LASTED UNTIL JULY 17, 1950

  • NATIONAL SECURITY MEMORANDUM 68

    KNOWN AS NSC-68 PRESENTED SOLUTIONS SUCH AS ISOLATIONISM, WAR, DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS WITH THE USSR AND "THE RAPID BUILDING UP OF THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND MILITARY STRENGTH OF THE FREE WORLD"
  • JULIUS AND ETHEL ROSENBERG ARRESTED FOR ESPIONAGE

    JULIUS AND ETHEL ROSENBERG ARRESTED FOR ESPIONAGE

    ACCUSED OF GIVING NUCLEAR SECRETS TO THE RUSSIANS, WERE EVENTUALLY CONVICTED AND EXECUTED IN 1953
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    KOREAN WAR

  • THE INTERNAL SECURITY ACT

    AKA THE MCCARRAN ACT OR THE SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT REQUIRED COMMUNIST ORGANIZATIONS TO REGISTER WITH THE GOVERNEMENT

  • UN FORCES ABANDONED SEOUL KOREA

  • SOVIET AMBASSADOR TO THE UN SUGGESTED A CEASE FIRE IN KOREA THAT WAS ACCEPTED

  • U.S. DETONATED THE FIRST HYDROGEN BOMB

    U.S. DETONATED THE FIRST HYDROGEN BOMB

  • DWIGHT EISENHOWER ELECTED PRESIDENT

    DWIGHT EISENHOWER ELECTED PRESIDENT

  • DEATH OF JOSEPH STALIN

    DEATH OF JOSEPH STALIN

  • KOREAN ARMISTICE AGREEMENT

  • SOVIET UNION TESTED A HYDROGEN BOMB IN CENTRAL SIBERIA

  • SARAH KEYS CHALLENGED SEPARATE BUT EQUAL IN BUS SEGREGATION. SHE HAD REFUSED TO GIVE UP HER SEAT ON A CAROLINA TRAILWAYS BUS AND WAS JAILED

    SARAH KEYS CHALLENGED SEPARATE BUT EQUAL IN BUS SEGREGATION. SHE HAD REFUSED TO GIVE UP HER SEAT ON A CAROLINA TRAILWAYS BUS AND WAS JAILED

  • ATOMS FOR PEACE

    ATOMS FOR PEACE

    DWIGHT D EISENHOWER DELIVERS A SPEECH TO THE U.N. VOWING TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING NUCLEAR POWER