1942-1953

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    Atomic Bombs Dropped

    During World War II, the US dropped two atomic bombs on Japan: one in Hiroshima and another in Nagasaki.

  • "Iron Curtain" Speech

    Sir William Churchill told the world about a figurative curtain of division between Eastern and Western Europe. The Iron Curtain represented the efforts of the Soviet Union to isolate itself and its satellite states from contact with the West and non-Soviet areas.

  • Cold War Begins

    This was not a real war; It was a time of political tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The Cold War ended in 1991.
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  • Policy of Containment

    During the Cold War, the United States adopted a policy of containment, which was a strategy to stop the expansion of communism.
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  • Taft-Hartley Act

    This act restricted the activities and authority of labor unions.
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    Berlin Airlift

    U.S. and British pilots began delivering food and supplies by airplane to Berlin after it was isolated by a Soviet Union blockade. At least 1.5 million tons of supplies were delivered. (https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-begins-berlin-airlift)
    no specific date recorded for the end date

  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization

    NATO is an international alliance consisting of 29 member states from North America and Europe. (https://www.nato.int/)

  • McCarthyism Emerges

    Joseph McCarthy, who was on the verge of not being reelected, preyed upon the fears of communism in America and campaigned on an Anti-Communism platform. McCarthyism was the practice of intense suspicion that anyone could be a Communist and have treasonous ties to the Soviet Union.
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  • Dwight Eisenhower Becomes President

    of the United States.

  • End of World War II

    This war was between the Allies(England, the United States of America, the Soviet Union, and France) and the Axis Powers(Germany, Japan and Italy). Although the accepted end date of WW2 is September 2, 1945, it formally ended with the Treaty of San Francisco, which was signed seven years later.