American and World History 1945-1960

By jackh34
  • President Harry Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.

    President Harry Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.

    President Harry Truman dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima Japan as a retaliatory attack for Pearl Harbor.
  • President Harry Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.

    President Harry Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.

    President Harry Truman dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan as a retaliatory attack for Pearl Harbor
  • United Nations is ratified

    United Nations is ratified

    United Nations is formed to keep something like the holocaust ever happening again
  • The Diary of Anne Frank is Published

    The Diary of Anne Frank is Published

    This diary gave people insight on the horrors that went down in nazi Germany in the death camps
  • Jackie Robinson joins MLB

    Jackie Robinson joins MLB

    Jackie Robinson breaks "color line" in professional baseball
  • Gandhi dead

    Gandhi dead

    Gandhi was assassinated. this shocked the east and sent them into grief
  • Communists defeat the Nationalists in China

    Communists defeat the Nationalists in China

    Communists defeat the Nationalists in China so Mao Tse Tung takes over
  • U.S. begins to work on hydrogen bomb

    U.S. begins to work on hydrogen bomb

    This event increased tension between world powers
  • kids in Pittsburg receive first Polio Vaccine developed by Dr. Jonas Salk

    kids in Pittsburg receive first Polio Vaccine developed by Dr. Jonas Salk

    Polio being cured helped save thousands of lives that could have potentially been lost.