1942-1953

By Josh Allen

  • President Roosevelt approves work on nuclear weapons

  • Allies invade France

  • Roosevelt begins his 4th presedency

  • President Roosevelt dies and Truman becomes President

  • Germany surrenders

  • First successful nuclear weapon test

  • 2 nuclear weapons dropped on Japan leading to Japan's surrender

  • Atomic Energy Act passes

  • Atomic energy plants begin construction

  • Soviet Union blockades Berlin

  • Soviet successful nuclear weapon test

  • US begins work on thermonuclear weapon

  • Korean War begins

  • McCarthyism begins

  • Vietnam War begins

  • 22nd Amendment passed

  • First successful hydrogen bomb detonation

  • Eisenhower becomes President

  • Korean Armistice