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Lend-Lease Act
The lend-lease act was a program started in effort to defeat Germany, Japan and Italy by giving aid to the UK, China, and later the Soviets
https://www.google.com/search?q=lend-lease+act&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS759US759&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjKx9Kt_sXhAhUIpFkKHQSED_cQ_AUIDigB&biw=1368&bih=802#imgrc=WLrDhQJbjhAWdM: -
Pearl Harbor attack/US joins WWII
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7 killing 2,403 Americans and pulling America into the war
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Executive Order 9066
Executive Order 9066 ordered all Japanese Americans to leave their home and live on military owned bases to insure that there were no spies and to make sure no one was working with the Japanese.
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D-Day (Operation Overlord)
On this day the Allies invaded Normandy with a 1,200-plane airborne assault and 5,000 vessels
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V-E Day
The day German unconditionally surrendered to the Allies -
V-J Day
The day Japan surrendered after the US bombed them, bringing WWII to an end -
U.S. joins NATO
NATO was an organization dedicated to stopping the spread of communism in the world and the US joined in 1949 -
FDR dies/Truman becomes President
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U.S. involvement in Korean War
After North Korea invaded South Korea, the US came to South Korea's aid and helped them fight back North Korea -
McCarthy’s Red Scare
The Red Scare was a time when everyone in the US was afraid of communism and Joseph McCarthy, a US senate, used his own tactics to try to hunt down communists in the US