Important Events of the Cold War Truman Doctrine- 1947 Berlin
Airlift- 1948 Korean War- 1950 Sputnik- 1957 Building the Berlin
Wall- 1961
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Berlin Airlift Was a program that was used the transport
supplies to blocked West Berlin.
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Cuban Missile Crisis Khrushchev was forced to pull out their
missiles out of Cuba, even though the Fidel Castro wanted to keep
them in Cuba.
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Sputnik Sputnik was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957,
initiating the Space Race.
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NASA was established in 1958
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Space Race The Space Race led to an increase in spending in
math and science.
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GI Bill The GI Bill was created to provide education funding
for returning World War II soldiers in order to create a better
educated and more productive workforce.
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In God We Trust In God We Trust is the official motto of the
United States which can be found on paper currency since 1956 &
the coins since the 1860s.
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Polio Vaccine Polio an infectious disease caused by a virus
that lives in the throat and intestinal tract, was once the leading
cause of disability in the U.S. The polio vaccine was created by
Jonas Salk in 1955.
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The Beat Generation the Beat Generation reflected new ideas
about society in their music and literature
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World War II WWII began in 1939 when Germany attacked
Poland.
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Leaders During WWII Hitler= Nazi Mussolini= Fascism Tojo=
Communist Stalin= Communist
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Pearl Harbor The US entered WWII because the Japanese attacked
Pearl Harbor December 7 th 1941. The US Air Force and Navy was
weakened in the Pacific due to the destruction left behind after
the attack.
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Mobilization The US had to mobilize (move) our soldiers and
weapons in order to fight in the Europe and the Pacific.
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Executive Order 9066 Executive Order 9066 placed Japanese
Americans into internment camps because the US government
considered them to be a threat to national security.
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Rationing Rationing- limits how much of NEEDED SUPPLIES &
PRODUCTS a civilian can purchase. The government controlled this by
enforcing the use of rationing coupons.
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War Bonds & Victory Gardens Civilians bought war bonds to
help the US government pay for the war. Victory Gardens were
planted by types of civilians (rich, middle & lower class) to
help do their part in assisting in the war effort to send food to
our soldiers overseas.
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Rosie the Riveter The purpose of this poster was to try and get
women working in the factories.
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General George Marshall Was the Army Chief of Staff who
organized the war effort from Washington D.C.
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Flying Tigers The Flying Tigers were former US pilots who
volunteered to fly with the Chinese Air Force and their actions
were considered patriotic.
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Partitioning of Germany 1945 The Potsdam Conference led to the
division of Germany into sections occupied by the US, the USSR, the
UK and France.
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D-Day Invasion of Normandy
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Battle of Midway The Battle of Midway is considered a turning
point in WWII because the Japanese lost a lot of their air craft
carriers in which they were not able to keep up with in the War in
the Pacific.