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World War II/ Cold War
Important Events of the Cold War
•Truman Doctrine- 1947
Berlin Airlift- 1948
• Korean War- 1950
• Sputnik- 1957
• Building the Berlin Wall- 1961
•
Berlin Airlift
•Was a
program that
was used the
transport
supplies to
blocked West
Berlin.
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.
Sputnik
•Sputnik was
launched by
the Soviet
Union in 1957,
initiating the
Space Race.
NASA was
established in
1958
Space Race
•The Space
Race led to
an increase
in spending
in math and
science.
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.
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 1860’s.
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.
The Beat Generation
•the Beat
Generation
reflected new
ideas about
society in their
music and
literature
World War II
•WWII began in 1939 when
Germany attacked Poland.
Leaders During WWII
•Hitler= Nazi
•Mussolini= Fascism
•Tojo= Communist
•Stalin= Communist
Pearl Harbor
•The US entered WWII because the Japanese
attacked Pearl Harbor December 7th 1941.
•The US’ Air Force and Navy was weakened
in the Pacific due to the destruction left
behind after the attack.
Mobilization
•The US had to
mobilize (move)
our soldiers and
weapons in order
to fight in the
Europe and the
Pacific.
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.
Rationing
•Rationing- limits how much of NEEDED
SUPPLIES & PRODUCTS a civilian can
purchase.
•The government controlled this by
enforcing the use of rationing coupons.
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.
Rosie the Riveter
•The purpose of
this poster was
to try and get
women working
in the factories.
General George Marshall
•Was the Army
Chief of Staff
who organized
the war effort
from Washington
D.C.
Flying Tigers
•The Flying Tigers
were former US
pilots who
volunteered to fly
with the Chinese
Air Force and
their actions were
considered
patriotic.
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.
D-Day Invasion of Normandy
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.