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Franklin D. Roosevelt was Elected as president
In, 1944 Roosevelt was elected as president for the 4th time and the last. He had poor health and was expected to not be able to be under that amount of stress for much longer but he was determined to conquer communism -
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Political & Social Changes from 1945-1969
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HItler Commits suicide.
This was the day that Adolf Hitler committed suicide because he realized that he had no chance of winning the WWII. -
The iron curtain was created.
Iron Curtain was the boundary that separated the Warsaw Pact countries from the NATO countries from 1945 until 1991 the end of the cold war. -
On this day the marshall plan was signed in 1945 but not effective til 1947
The Marshall Plan was a plan to reconstruct europe after WWII. -
V-E Day
Also known as the victory in Europe Day, this is when the Germans Surrendered to the Allies and ended the war in Europe. -
The day tha the United Nations was created
The UN was created to be a international organization that encourages cooperation among nations and prevent future wars. -
Japan gets hit by the a atomic bomb on Hiroshima
On 6 August 1945, the United States dropped atom bombs using the B-29 bomber on Hiroshima. -
Japan get hit by the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki
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Gi bill (Servicemen's Readjustment Act) was created
This act was for veterans to help them go from the military life to the civilian life. -
Containment Policy
This was a policy to stop the spread of communism. -
The fair deal was announced.
Truman was determined to both continue the legacy of the New Deal and to make Franklin Roosevelt's proposed Economic Bill of Rights a reality, while making his own mark in social policy. -
The US joins NATO
This was the day that NATO became partners with the US. -
Start of the Korean war
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President Truman fires General MacArthur
General MacArthur was fired for trying to extend the war in Korea but that was not an idea that went through Pres. Truman first.
