1942 - 1953

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  • Japanese-American interment begins

    President Roosevelt issued an executive order on February 19 of the same year allowing the military to move Japanese-Americans to internment camps and seize their property.

  • Revenue Act of 1942

  • Doolittle Raid

    This was the first air raid to hit the Japanese Home Islands. Targets included Tokyo and several other locations on the island of Honshu.
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    Battle of Midway

    This was a Naval Battle that occurred in the Pacific Theatre of World War II
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    Guadalcanal Campaign

    World War II Campaign fought by American forces on the island of Guadalcanal.
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    Operation Torch

    Anglo-American invasion of French North Africa during World War II.

  • Cocoanut Grove Fire

    The popular nightclub burned down, killing nearly 500 people and injuring another 130.
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    Casablanca Conference

    This was a conferenced held at the Anfa Hotel in Casablanca, French Morocco. Allied leaders met to strategize for the subsequent segment of World War II.
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    Allies invade Sicily

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    Allied Forces invade Italy

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    Cairo Conference

    This was a meeting of Allied leaders in Cairo, Egypt. The official position against Japan during World War II was discussed.

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt was reelected for his fourth term of Presidency.

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    Battle of Monte Cassino

    A series of four assaults by the Allied forces against the Winter Line in Italy.

  • G.I. Bill Passed

    Provided World War II veterans with funds for college, housing, and unemployment insurance.

  • D-Day

    D-Day was the code name for the Normandy landings that marked the beginning of the Allied invasion of France in Operation Overlord during World War II.
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    Bretton Woods Conference

    730 delegates from over 40 Allied Nations met at the Mount Washington hotel to discuss the regulation of the international monetary and financial order after World War II.
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    Battle of Peleliu

    A battle fought between the United States and Japan during World War II. It was codenamed Operation Stalemate II by the U.S.
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    Battle of Leyte

    Largest Naval battle of World War II.
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    Battle of the Bulge

    This was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front of World War II.
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    The Nuremberg Trials and Subsequent Nuremberg Trials

    These trials sentenced war criminals for violating international law and war laws established after World War II.
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    Yalta Conference

    This was a meeting of the leaders of the United States, United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union in order to decide Germany's postwar organization.
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    Battle of Iwo Jima

    Major World War II in which the U.S. Marine Corps captured the island of Iwo Jima from Japanese control.
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    Battle of Okinawa

    This battle was codenamed Operation Iceberg, and it was fought on the island of Okinawa.

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt Dies

    The President died from a hemorrhagic stroke.

  • Vice President Truman took over Roosevelt's position as President of the United States.

  • Germany surrenders.

    Germany's surrender signaled the end of World War II in Europe.
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    Potsdam Conference

    Conference between the leaders of the USSR, USA, and UK to decide how to deal with Germany in the wake of the country's unconditional surrender.

  • The first Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

    A second bomb was dropped three days later on Nagasaki.

  • United Nations Established

    The organization was intended to prevent future world wars.

  • The Atomic Energy Act of 1946

    This law outlined how the U.S. would manage nuclear technology it had developed with the aid of its World War II allies.

  • Senator Joseph McCarthy Elected as a U.S. Senator

  • 22 Amendment to the US Constitution

    This act limited the number of times that a President could serve in office as United States President.

  • Taft Hartley Act

    This was a federal law designed to restrict the power of labor unions in the U.S.

  • National Security Act of 1947

    This act restructured the United State's military and intelligence agencies. Among other things, it established the CIA and the NSA>

  • Harry S. Truman elected for full presidential term/.

    Alben W. Barkley served as his vice president.
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    Berlin Blockade

    The first major international crisis of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway road and canal access to sectors of Bernlin under Western control.

  • President Truman desegregates the Armed Forces

  • NATO Formed

    This was an intergovernmental alliance between 29 North American and European powers put together in order to implement the North Atlantic Treaty.

  • Chinese Communist Revolutionaries proclaim the People's Republic of China.

    Chiang Kai-shek's traditional Chinese KMT government retreated to Taiwan.
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    Korean War

    This was a war between North and South Korea that began when North Korea invaded South Korea following a period of border clashes between the two nation-states.

  • Failed Assassination Attempt on President Truman.

    Puerto Rican activists attempted to gain entry to the Whitehouse, but were stopped security. White House Police officer Leslie Coffelt died in the attack.

  • General Douglas MacArther Fired

    He was dismissed by President Truman for insubordination.

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower elected President

    Richard Nixon served as his vice president.

  • Korean Armistice Agreement

    This armistice ended the Korean War.

  • Presidential Succession Act

    This act said that if both the President and the Vice President died, the President pro tempore would take office, followed by the speaker of the house.