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FDR signs EO 9066
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Battle of Midway
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The Pentagon was built
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President Truman gave the order for the use of the atomic bomb with the bombing of Hiroshima. Three days later, the second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
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President Roosevelt's death and VP Harry Truman assumes office
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The Committee on Civil Rights
On December 5, 1946 President Harry Truman established the President's Committee on Civil Rights to investigate the status of civil rights in the United States and propose measures to strengthen and protect the civil rights of American citizens. -
The Marshall Plan
On April 3, 1948 President Harry Truman signed the Marshall Plan, which authorized $15 billion in aid for 16 countries. -
The Hydrogen Bomb
President Truman ordered the development of the hydrogen bomb, in response to the detonation of the Soviet Union's first atomic bomb in 1949. -
Twenty-Second Amendment
https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendments/amendment-xxii
"Passed by Congress in 1947, and ratified by the states on February 27, 1951, the Twenty-Second Amendment limits an elected president to two terms in office, a total of eight years. However, it is possible for an individual to serve up to ten years as president." -
US Nuclear Sub
The U.S. nuclear submarine USS Nautilus was targeted. -
Dwight D Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower became the 34th president of the United States.
