1941-1963

Events
 * World War II - ZH
 * Cold War- ZH
 * Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -BF
 * D-Day -BF
 * Korean War- HE
 * Cuban Missile Crisis- TH
 * Warsaw Pact- TH
 * Bay of Pigs Invasion- HE
 * Taft Hartley Act - AH

People
 * Harry Truman- TH
 * Dwight D. Eisenhower- AH
 * Martin Luther King Jr.- BF
 * Robert Oppenheimer -BF
 * John F. Kennedy- TH
 * Winston Churchill - AH
 * John Foster Dulles- HE
 * Douglas MacArthur- HE
 * Franklin D. Roosevelt - ZH
 * Joesph McCarthy- ZH

People

Martin Luther King Jr []
 * Prominent leader in African-American Civil rights movement
 * Youngest person to earn a Noble Peace Prize
 * Lead many non-violent civil rights protest
 * His "I Have a Dream" speech which gave him the title of one of the greatest orators in American history

Robert Oppenheimer > [] John F. Kennedy [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy#Presidency] Taylor Harry S. Truman [] Taylor Dwight D. Eisenhower Douglas MacArthur Was Supreme Commander : Southwest Pacific Area during World War II [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War#UN_forces_cross_partition_line_.28September_.E2.80.93_October_1950.29] Holt John Foster Dulles [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Foster_Dulles#Secretary_of_State]
 * Known as "The Father of the Atomic Bomb"
 * Leader of The Manhattan Project group
 * Developed the worlds first Nuclear weapons
 * Also Known as one the founders of the American school of theoretical physics
 * The 35th President of the United States
 * President during the Cold War
 * Practically ignored the building of the Berlin Wall
 * Bay of Pigs Invasion
 * Cuban Missile Crisis
 * Created the Peace Corps
 * Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald
 * 33rd President of the United States
 * FDR’s Vice President
 * Took over after FDR’s death
 * Fair Deal Program
 * Decided to use nuclear bombs against Japan
 * Marshall Plan
 * Truman Doctrine
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">President during the beginning of the Cold War
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Creation of NATO
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">President during the Korean War
 * Was the 34th President
 * 5 star general in the army
 * Became supreme commander of NATO
 * Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe
 * Led United Nations Command in Korean War from 1950 to 1951
 * Victorious at the Landing of Inchon, a major amphibious operation that recapture Seoul from the North Koreans
 * Initially dismissed threat of Chinese involvement in Korean War
 * Was unprepared for Chinese attack at battle of Unsan and forced to retreat.
 * Later relieved of duty in Korea
 * USSecretary of State during Eisenhower era from 1953 to 1959
 * Advocated taking an aggressive stance on communism.
 * Thought up the theory of “massive retaliation” against the Soviets
 * Advocated policy of “brinkmanship”

Winston Churchill **Franklin D. Roosevelt**
 * Polition and Statesmen
 * Nobel Prize in Literature
 * British prime minister
 * Made an Honorary citizen of the United States
 * President during the beginning of World War II
 * War plans were to halt German advances in Soviet Union and North Africa, launch an invasion of Western Europe, and defeat Japan.
 * Made major advancements in the Pacific theater of war during his presidency
 * Also made major advancements in Africa

**Events** **Cold War**
 * Joseph McCarthy**
 * exploited communism in the U.S.
 * accused over 200 U.S. citizens of being Communists or Communist sympathizers.
 * Could be argued as further developing or stopping the fear of the spread of Communism throughout the U.S.
 * Never any fighting
 * Power/Technology/Space struggle between the U.S. and Soviet Union
 * Effected the lives of every single American
 * Also a struggle between the Spread of Communism and Democracy

Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasak
 * World War II**
 * U.S. entry into the war changed the tide of the war
 * Led to the defeat of Germany and Japan
 * The outcome of this war also effected things for years to come such as the Cold War (e.i. "iron courtain," atomic bomb dropping leads to power struggle)

Influenced by...
 * World War 2
 * Attack on Pearl Harbor
 * The Creation of the Manhattan Project
 * The Pacific War
 * Japan turning down unconditional surrender

Why its important... []
 * Is the first time a weapon of such power has been seen in the world
 * Ended the Pacific War
 * Officially ended World War 2
 * Showed the power that the U.S possessed
 * Started the Nuclear race among countries (Russia) which increased the production of defense technology and weaponry

D-Day (Operation Overlord)

Influenced by...
 * Germany's invasion on Normandy, France
 * Allied forces need to get into Europe to take out Germany
 * WW2
 * Germany spreading its rule throughout Europe

Why its important...
 * Victory got the Allied forces good positioning in Europe to start pushing Germany back
 * Largest amphibious landing in history
 * Was an essential victory the Allied forces needed in order to win the war

Taft Hartley Act Influence by...
 * Robert Taft
 * Harry Truman's Veto
 * Labor Unions
 * "Slave Labor Bill"
 * Congress of Industrial Organizations

Why its important...
 * Monitors activities and powers of labor Unions
 * Keeps Labor Unions under control
 * Prohibited unfair labor practices

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cuban Missile Crisis (October 1962)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Influenced by...
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bay of Pigs Invasion
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Operation Mongoose
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Berlin Crisis
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Berlin Wall
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Embargo Act against Cuba

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Why it’s important... [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis#Earlier_actions_by_the_United_States] Taylor Warsaw Pact
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Russia and Cuba begin to build missiles in Cuba that could potentially affect the entire continental United States
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Regarded as moment closest to causing nuclear conflict
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">First documented instance of mutual assured destruction
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Kennedy with help of United Nations Secretary- General strikes a private deal with Soviet Union to end Missile Crisis

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Influenced by...
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Treaty of Brussels
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Western European Union’s Defense Organization
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">North Atlantic Treaty (precursor to NATO)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Creation of NATO
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">West Germany joins NATO

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Why it’s important... [] Taylor <span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175,192,227,0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77,128,180,0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26,26,26,0.296875);">World War II - ZH World War II - ZH Cold War - ZH
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mutual defense treaty between 8 communist states in Eastern Europe
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lasted from 1955-1991