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Congress of Racial Equality formed
A nonviolent direct action to achieve desegregation -
Executive order 9066 signed
President Roosevelt signed this and it was meant to authorize the removal of any persons from designated exclusion zones -
War refugees board formed
formed by Henry Morgenthau formed this board to advocate for jewish people after WW2 -
G.I. bill passed
this bill helped people that served in WW2 to slowly return to civilian life, it offered a bevy inducement to slow their influx into the civilian work force and rewarded their service with benefits -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings
nuclear bombs dropped on civilian cities in Japan by the American army in august of 1945 -
Nations signed the UN charter
50 nations signed the UN charter which set guidelines to prevent things like another world war from happening -
Japan surrendered
Japan surrendered to the US -
The long telegram
This telegram sent by George Kennan denounced the Soviet Union and communism -
Truman sent $400 million to turkey and Greece
Truman sent this money because he said the countrys had terrorist activities led by communist, or the soviet union -
NATO was launched
This organization was made to create a mutual defense pact that many countries joined -
Soviets lifted blockade
The soviets lifted the blockade of West Berlin, the country was officially broken in half -
Presidential election
Dwight D. Eisenhower elected to office -
The US detonated their first thermonuclear weapon