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1938 BCE
start of House Un-American Activities Committee hearing
It was created to investigate disloyalty and subversive organizations. Its first chairman, Martin Dies, set the pattern for its anti-Communist investigations. -
Black Thursday
It started when the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged at the open in very heavy volume, precipitating the Wall Street crash of 1929 and the subsequent Great Depression of the 1930s. -
The Bonus Army March
The Bonus Army was the popular name for a group of marchers. World War I veterans, their families, and certain groups had gathered in Washington, D.C.to demand cash-payment redemption of their service certificates. -
First election of Franklin Roosevelt
Under the watchful eyes of his political advisers Louis Howe and James Farley, FDR patiently garnered support from Democrats around the country, but especially in the South and the West. -
First New Deal
The New Deal was created by FDR which was the strat of a new series of social liberal programs. -
The Emergency Banking Act
Passed by the United States congress in attempt to stabilize the banking system. -
Second New Deal
it was created in to response to the critics—was the Works Progress Administration -
Indian Reorganization Act
This was made to give Native Americans the cance to have a New Deal. -
Marian Anderson sings in Constitution Hall
she was refused to perform because of her skin color -
Pearl Habor Attack
This cause the US to enter WW2 -
Creation of Office of War information
To consolidate existing government information services and deliver propaganda both home and abroad. -
Battle of Coral Sea
It was an important turning point during the war in the Pacific because, for the first time, the Allies had stopped the Japanese advance. -
Battle of Midway
Was a turning point in the Pacific War. -
Creation of Office War Information
It was made to consolidate existing government information services and deliver propaganda both home and abroad. -
invasion of Italy
Italy surrindered out of the war, forcing Germany to commit troops to defend and occupy the country -
D-Day Invasion
I was a militart operation that later involved a water landing by the Allies on the beaches of Normandy, France -
Battle of Leyte
It was the largest naval battle ever fought. -
Battle of Leyte Gulf
considered to be the largest naval battle of World War 2 -
Battle of Bulge
This battle came as an attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium. -
Invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa
Iwo Jima and Okinawa were of great importance to the victory in the Pacific War. They were said to be the areas in which they could use as landing strips for the atomic bombs that would later destroy the Japanese homeland. -
Harry Truman becomes president
In his first months in office he dropped the atomic bomb on Japan, ending World War 2. -
Creation of the United Nations
It is an intergovernmental organization to promote international co-operation. -
Truman Doctrine
American policy of providing economic and military aid to Greece and Turkey because they were threatened by communism. -
National Security Act
This was very important and was a major part of the Cold War legislation. -
Creation of CIA
The CIA was formed because of the unforeseen attack on Pearl Harbor. -
Start of Berlin Blockade
The main cause was because of the Cold War. -
Truman's Fair Deal
It was intended to enact policies consistent with Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. -
Creation of NATO
It was made to provide collective security military alliance in the US -
Start of Korean War
It began when the North Korean Communist army crossed the 38th Parallel and invaded non-Communist South Korea. -
Inchon Landing
Changed the course of the war, but the conflict was settled in 3 years -
End of the Korean War
The korean war was finally over when an armistice was signedn, which formally ended the war in Korea. North and South Korea remain separate and occupied almost the same territory they had when the war began. -
Army-Mcarthy Hearings
A series of hearings held by the US in Washington D.C.