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Rationing start
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Second Red Scare starts
Do to the Cold War there was fear in the U.S about the power of the communist Soviet Union. Federal employees were examined to determine if they were loyal to the U.S or not, as there was fear of Soviet spies. -
Peacetime military draft starts
First U.S peacetime draft. 50 million men signed up for the draft, and more people were for it due to us getting stuck in foreign affairs. -
New technologies
New things made in the 1940s include: rubber, color tv, the slinky, the microwave, and Velcro -
Pearl Harbor Attack
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Japanese Internment starts
In fear of Japanese spies after Pearl Harbor, the president signed Order 9066 to put all of them into interment camps, even if they were American citizens. The camps were rough and the interment ended around 1945 -
White Rose (Nazis)
White Rose was a resistance group in Nazi Germany. They were nonviolent protesters who wanted to change the transporting of Polish Jews and other groups to Interment camps. They attempted to control the armaments industry as they new the only way to beat Germany was through firepower. -
D-Day
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Cold War Starts
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Bombing of Hiroshima
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Jackie Robinson
The first black Major League Baseball player, Jackie Robinson, was born in 1946. He was a literal game changer in the course of history and equal rights. -
Truman Doctrine
