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Executive Order 9066
President Roosevelt signed this order which authorized the remocal of any persons from designated "exclusion zones" which were around one-third of the country. -
Okinawa
After eighty days of fighting and thousands of casualties America captured Okinawa. -
Hiroshima
Americans bombed Hiroshima killing thousands. -
Nagasaki
America bombed Nagasaki killing thousands. -
WWII
The end of WWII when Japan surrenders. -
Long Telegram
George Kennan sent a lengthy telegram to the U.S. State Department explaining how dangerous the Soviet Union nationalism was getting. -
Executive Order 9835
An order establishing loyalty reviews for federal employees. -
Taft-Hartley Act
This act gave union officials the initiative to purge communists from the labor movement. -
Shelley v. Kraemer
The U.S. Supreme Court declared property deed restrictions barring sales to racial minorities legally unenforceable. -
NATO
American officials launched this pact which the United States and Canada were joined by England, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland. This was called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. -
NSC-68
The National Security Memorandum 68 warned everyone that annihilation was a possibility. -
Credit Cards
First issued credit cards. -
President Eisenhower
Dwight Eisenhower wins the presidential election in 1952. -
Hydrogen Bomb
The U.S. detonated the first thermonuclear weapon.