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United States Timeline: The 1940's
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U.S. Congress re-introduces the draft.
The U.S. Congress approves the first peacetime conscription draft in anticipation of possible American involvement in WWll. Ages 16 - 65 had to sign up for the draft. -
Mount Rushmore is completed.
They began construction in 1927, it ended in 1941 to insufficient funds. -
Lend-Lease Act is approved
the Lend Lease act is approved and signed into law , making it legal to get supplies to UK, China, and France -
Franklin D. Roosevelt is re elected to his third term as president of the United States.
F.D.R. was elected as president for a third term, while the U.S. was in wwll. -
RKO Pictures releases Citizen Kane
Considered the greatest movie of all time, Starring Orson Wells. -
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
A Surprise military attack by imperal Japanesse navy against the U.S. Naval base. Was attacked by over 300 Japenese bombers killing thousands of people. -
Manhattan Project begins
U.S. and Canada beings bomb reserch to make the first atomic bomb -
orderb9066 is signed for japanses americans relocation capms
U.S. ecvutive order signed a issure during WW11. Cleared the way for camps -
D-Day
the first day of the invasion in Normandy -
Battle of Midway
The most important naval battle of the pacific campaign in wwll. -
Detroit, Michigan Race Riots
Riots in Detroit between the black and white ethnicity's. -
G.I Bill of rights signed into law
Provided benifits of retrieving WW11 vetrans -
Americans land at Iwo Gima
a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire. -
Germany surrenders.
The end of germany in wwll. -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The biggest point of retaliation by the u.s. to the japanese after pearl harbor. -
First meeting of the United Nations General assembly
The first General Assembly of the United Nations, comprising 51 nations, convenes at Westminster Central Hall in London, England. One week later, the U.N. Security Council met for the first time and established its rules of procedure. -
National Basketball Association of America if founded
was a professional basketball league in North America, founded in 1946. The league merged with the National Basketball League NBL in 1949, forming the National Basketball Association NBA. -
Marshall Plan
was the American program to aid Europe where the United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Soviet Communism. -
Jackie Robinson debuts at firrst base for the Brooklyn Dogers
was the first African American to play Major League Baseball in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers started him at first base on April 15, 1947. -
President truman is re-elected
It was his decision to use the nuclear bomb against the Japenese after the bombing of Peral Harbor. He was the 33rd president after Roosevelt. -
NATO is formed
is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.