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Yalta Peace Conference
This was a press conference between FDR, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin concerning decisions of postwar. This took place in Crimea. -
Potsdam Conference
Stalin, Churchill, and Truman meet together in Potsdam, Germany to decide concepts at the end of World War II. Allied leaders meet every summer at this conference to continue their discussion. -
Berlin Blockade
This was the first crisis that took place in the Cold War nationwide. The Soviet Union blocked all travel oppurtunities of the Western Allies. -
Berlin Airlift
In response to the Berlin Blockade, the Western Allies created the Berlin airlift to transfer supples to the poeple in West Berlin. -
The Marshall Plan
This was a program in which helped recovered Europe after the war. Also known as the European Recovery Program, this plan brought in over $13 million to finance Europe's damange. -
US Military Desegregrated
President Truman was told that if he did not desegregate his armed forces, African-Americans will refuse to take part in the armed forces. Executive Order 9981 was passed in order of this situation. -
Soviet Union Test First Atomic Bomb
At a distant site, the USSR detonate their first atomic bomb and names it "First Lightnin". To calculate the damage of the bomb, they create buildings and such to be destroyed. -
Communist Revolution in China
On this date, Mao Zedong established the People's Repiblic of China. This announcment declared the end of the civil war between the Chinese Communists Party and the Nationalists Party. -
Korean War
The war began when 75,000 soldiers from North Korean's Army incavaded the Western Republic of Korea. This was the first military action of the Cold War. -
Dwight D Eisenhower Administration
The time period in which he was president. -
McCarthy Hearings Begin
These were a series of hearings by the US to investigate conflict between the US Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy. -
Brown v. Board of Education decision is handed down
Court case implying seperate public schools for black and white citizens to be unconstitutional. -
Emmett Till Murder
Till was a fourteen year old boy who was murdered for "flirting with a white woman" at a supermarket. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks was arrested for declining her seat to a white person. The US Supreme Court declared that segregated bussed were unconstitutional. -
Federal Interstate Highway Act
According to Eisenhower, this act will eliminate unsafe raods and traffic jams to keep travel safe. -
Eisenhower sends troops to Vietnam
He sent these troop to help the Vietnamese after the French had been defeated. -
Little Rock Central High School Crisis
The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African-Americans that were enrolled in Little Rock Central High School. Followed, the Little Rock Crisis in which students were not allowed to enter segregated schools. -
Sputnik I is launched
Sputnik 1 was the first Earth satallite launched by Russia. -
John F. Kennedy elected president
John F. Kennedy became president of the United States.
