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Harry Truman birth date
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National Guard
Truman enlisted for the national guard at age 33 -
Becoming President
He became president when Franklin Delano Roosevelt died -
Potsdam conference
A meeting with all the people in the major country's demanding that some country need to surrender -
Surrender
Germany surrenders in World War 2 -
Atomic Bomb is dropped
Harry Truman dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima which ended WWII but it also kickstarted the Cold War -
Nagasaki
America drops a bomb on Nagasaki Japan -
Japan surrenders
Japan surrenders which ended World War II in Asia -
Truman's 21 point plan
Every individual has a right to expect fair deals from the government -
The making of the CIA
Harry Truman made the CIA to plan, develop, and coordinate all federal foreign intelligence activities -
Employment act of 1946
Truman signs the Employment act of 1946 which helped the employment process -
Truman Doctrine
Truman give the famous "Truman Doctrine" speech -
Federal Employee Loyalty program
Truman creates the Federal Employee Loyalty Program which helped get rid of communist influence in the government -
"Truman Doctrine"
Truman signs the "Truman Doctrine" -
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson integrates into baseball to play his first game -
Taft Hartley Act vetoed
Truman vetoed the Taft Hartley Act -
National Security Act
He passes the National Security act, creating the National Security Council -
Give 'em hell Harry
He got this nickname from the 1948 presidential election campaign when he was attacking the republicans, during the speech a report yelled out "give 'em hell Harry" Truman replied by saying "I don't give them hell." -
Marshall Plan
Helps western Europe with needed supplies after World War 2 -
Foreign assistance act of 1948
Truman signed the foreign assistance act of 1948 -
1949 election
The democratic nominates Harry Truman for a second term -
Election
Truman is elected for his second term -
2nd term
Truman is inaugurated to his second term in office -
Soviets end the blockade in berlin
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Housing Act
Truman signs the Housing Act which creates equal opportunities to buy houses -
The Soviets Create there First Atomic Bomb
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Congress Raises the Minimum Wage
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H-bomb
Truman announces that America will develop a hydrogen bomb -
Revenue act of 1950
It reduced some of the individual income taxes -
Mutual Security Act
Helps poor country's from the spread of communism
