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Bombing of Hiroshima
US bombs Hiroshima & Nagasaki three days later leading to the surrender of Japan and the end of WWII -
Formation of The Iron Curain
European separation of Warsaw Pact countries and NATO countries -
Formation of NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization consisting of North America and 11 other countries states, An attack on one, is an attack on all. -
US Communist Party Convicted
The US Communist Party was convicted of advocating to over-throw the US government -
Brown Vs the Board of Education
The end of racial segregation in public schools. Declared a violation of the 14th amendment. -
Sputnik
The first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth was launched by the Soviet Union. This terrified Americans, they didn't know when it was above or what it was doing. -
U-2 Shot Down
A US spy plane, U-2, was shot down over the Soviet Union. At first the US denied the purpose of the plane, but eventually ws made to admit the spying. -
Formation of the Berlin Wall
Communist German authorities built a wall separating East Germany from West to stop Germans from fleeing from communist east Germany to the Democratic West. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This Act forbade discrimination of sex or race when hiring, promoting, and firing workers.
