~POTSDAM CONFERENCE - Was a meeting for the negotiation of the terms for the end of WW2. Attendees were: Joseph Stalin, Minister Clement Attlee and President Harry Truman in 1945
~ATOMIC BOMBS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI - In August 1945 the U.S, with consent of the U.K dropped nuclear bombs on the two Japanese cities toward the end of WW2.
~TRUMAN DOCTRINE (1947) - This established that the U.S provided both military and economic assistance to Greece and Turkey.
~MARSHALL PLAN (1947) - Was the United States plan to aid Western Europe to rebuild after the end of the war.
~DOMINO THEORY - This was the belief that of one country falls to communism, then the surrounding countries would fall as well.
~NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO) - Established in 1949, this was a military alliance of Europe and North American democracies. It was founded after the end of WW2 and served to fight against the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact.
~KOREAN WAR (1950-1953) - This was between the United Nations and North Korea. It started when North Korea invaded South Korea and it's purpose was to keep communism out of South Korea.
~22nd AMENDMENT- Ratified in 1951. This ensured that no president of the United States serves for more that two terms.
~"FAIR DEAL" - These were domestic reform proposals of the Truman administration. Only some extensions of the New Deal programs were enacted.
~ATOMIC BOMBS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI - In August 1945 the U.S, with consent of the U.K dropped nuclear bombs on the two Japanese cities toward the end of WW2.
~TRUMAN DOCTRINE (1947) - This established that the U.S provided both military and economic assistance to Greece and Turkey.
~MARSHALL PLAN (1947) - Was the United States plan to aid Western Europe to rebuild after the end of the war.
~DOMINO THEORY - This was the belief that of one country falls to communism, then the surrounding countries would fall as well.
~NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO) - Established in 1949, this was a military alliance of Europe and North American democracies. It was founded after the end of WW2 and served to fight against the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact.
~KOREAN WAR (1950-1953) - This was between the United Nations and North Korea. It started when North Korea invaded South Korea and it's purpose was to keep communism out of South Korea.
~22nd AMENDMENT- Ratified in 1951. This ensured that no president of the United States serves for more that two terms.
~"FAIR DEAL" - These were domestic reform proposals of the Truman administration. Only some extensions of the New Deal programs were enacted.