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The Yalta conference
The final meeting of the Big Three where the three men, Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt, came up with agreements on splitting Germany, creating the United Nations, and the plans to take down Japan -
The “Gutty” Man from Missouri
In 1945, Harry S. Truman “accidentally” became president after succeeding the presidency from Franklin D. Roosevelt death. -
United Nations
The successor to the League of Nations with many changes to make it more effective -
Executive Order 9981
Established President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services -
Nuremberg trials
22 top culprits from Nazi Germany were accused and put on trial for crimes against the laws of war and humanity -
Containment Doctrine
George F. Kennan crafted a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
A Treaty between Europe and the North Atlantic so if anyone were to attack one it would as if they were attacking all -
National Security Council Memorandum Number 68
A blueprint that advocated a large expansion in the military budget of the United States and the development of the Hydrogen bomb -
The Korean War begins
A war between North Korea and South Korea after North Korea invaded South Korea. Do United States provided 88% of the U.N. contingents -
Checker’s Speech
A speech by Richard Nixon addressing Nixon’s accusations of improprieties relating to a fund established by his backers to reimburse him for his political expenses. -
Army-McCarthy hearings
Investigations to investigate conflicting accusations between the United States Army and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy In which the senate formally condemned him for “conduct unbecoming a member”. -
Operation Wetback
A massive round up of illegal aliens in which they caught about 1 million Mexicans and they were sent back to Mexico. -
The Hydrogen Bomb
A test blast at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands of the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated by the US. Killed one Japanese fisherman and 22 of his crew were badly injured from the radioactive ash -
The Hungarian uprising
An uprising set up against the Soviet Union in Hungary. The United States turned a deaf ear to pleas of help from the group and eventually they were crushed -
Montgomery bus boycott
A social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. This event helped bring a rise to Martin Luther King, Jr. -
Suez crisis
An invasion of Egypt in late 1956 by Israel, followed by the United Kingdom and France -
Sputnik is launched
The first artificial satellite in Earth Orbit launched by the Soviet Union. This lead the United States to put more effort in the race and change the education system to promote science, engineering, and foreign language -
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
A civil-rights group set up to help give black students and younger blacks a voice -
Founding of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
This organization was set up to try and get a stronger hold on the western economies
