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Aug 9, 1045
Nuking of Kagasaki
Unites States drops nuclear bomb on second city in Japan -
Battle of the Coral Sea
United States victory against Japan in World War II -
Battle of Midway
Aircraft battle, Unites States victory against Japan crippling their army. -
Congress of Racial Equality
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EO 9066
removal of any persons from designated "exclusion zones" -
War Refugees Board
Advocates for Jewish Refugees -
GI Bill Passed
benefits for veterans after serving -
UN Financial & Monetary Conference
also known as the Bretton Wood Conference -
America Begins Bombing Japan Mainland
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America Capture Okinawa
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UN Charter
50 nations came together to sign the UN Charter -
Nuking of Hiroshima
First city in Japan to have a nuclear bomb dropped on them by Unites States -
Japan Surrenders
Japan surrenders in world war II -
Leonard Read's Foundation for Economic Education
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Levittown Built
Built by William Levitt, first suburban community -
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Baby Boom
an influx of pregnancies after the men got home from war -
Start of Cold War
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Taft Hartley Act
purge communist from labor movement -
Mount Pelerins Soceity
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Grant to Help Greece and Turkey
$400 Million dollars was sent to Greece and Turkey to help them with rebuilding after war -
Period: to
European Recovery Program
Also known as the Marshall PLan -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Communist took over China
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Federal Republic of Germany
West half of Germany -
German Democratic Republic
West half of Germany -
Soviet Union Success At Making Atomic Bomb
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CCP Declares Victory Over Kuomintang Nationalist
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Internations Security Act
McCarran Act, all communist organizations are required to register themselves with the governement -
United States Makes Hydrogen Bomb
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Stalin Death
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USSR Created Hydrogen Bomb
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DPRK Warmed to Peace
armistice agreement signed