1940s-1950s Timeline by Alyie Roth https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw en-us 2025-04-02 16:04:09 UTC 2025-04-04 16:01:26 UTC hello@padlet.com Sept 1940 https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3393024279 Destroyer for bases deal

it exchanged a total of 50 US Navy destroyers for a 99- year leases on the different British bases in the western hemisphere.

]]> 2025-04-02 16:15:52 UTC https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3393024279 1940 libertystovall https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3393026640 Franklin Roosevelt was re-elected to an unprecedented 3rd term

]]> 2025-04-02 16:17:57 UTC https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3393026640 July 1955 libertystovall https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3393027869 Disneyland opened, in California. It was a "International Press Preview"

]]> 2025-04-02 16:19:10 UTC https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3393027869 March 1947 libertystovall https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3393029029 The Truman Doctrine, it was used to provide political, military, and economic assistance to certain nations

]]> 2025-04-02 16:20:07 UTC https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3393029029 August 1953 libertystovall https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3393030392 The CIA helped overthrow the Prime Minister of Iran

]]> 2025-04-02 16:21:25 UTC https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3393030392 March 1941 alyieroth https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3393031929 Captain America first appeared in a Marvel comic book. The author was Joe Simon and it was published by Timely Comics.

]]> 2025-04-02 16:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3393031929 June 1947 libertystovall https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3393035881 Taft-Hartley Act, they restricted the actives and power of labor unions

]]> 2025-04-02 16:26:04 UTC https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3393035881 October 1941 alyieroth https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3393038214 Construction ended on Mount Rushmore. The project started in October of 1927 and about 400 people worked on it until finished in October 1941.

]]> 2025-04-02 16:28:05 UTC https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3393038214 April 1947 libertystovall https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3393184563 Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in MLB

]]> 2025-04-02 18:31:54 UTC https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3393184563 July 8, 1953 libertystovall https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3393186735 Radio listeners heard Elvis Presley for the first time. The radio played "That's All Right (Mama)" on the radio for the first time and it sparked many listeners

]]> 2025-04-02 18:34:12 UTC https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3393186735 June 25, 1951 libertystovall https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3393188218 The first color television program was broadcast

]]> 2025-04-02 18:35:54 UTC https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3393188218 April 1949 libertystovall https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3393189457 NATO was created. It was to provide collective security against the Soviet Union

]]> 2025-04-02 18:37:13 UTC https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3393189457 1946 libertystovall https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3393190504 The Cold War began. It was tension between he US and Soviet Union

]]> 2025-04-02 18:38:04 UTC https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3393190504 1947 https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3394729354 Captain Chuck Yeager was the first person in history to break the sound barrier in level flight

]]> 2025-04-03 16:00:55 UTC https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3394729354 June 1948-May 1949 alyieroth https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3394731194 Berlin Airlift. This was a year-long operation in the United States and their allies to counter the Soviet blockade of Western Berlin.

]]> 2025-04-03 16:02:36 UTC https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3394731194 1948 https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3394733130 NASCAR first stock car race Daytona Beach it ran on Atlantic avenue then north back up the beach

]]> 2025-04-03 16:04:09 UTC https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3394733130 September 1954 alyieroth https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3394736492 SEATO alliance was formed. It stands for the southeast Asian Treaty Organization. This alliance included the United States, France, Great Britain, New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Pakistan. The purpose of this alliance was to prevent the spread of communism.

]]> 2025-04-03 16:06:53 UTC https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3394736492 November 4, 1952 https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3394739533 Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected as the 34th US president. His presidency was spent trying to keep peace and prosperity running through the country.

]]> 2025-04-03 16:09:25 UTC https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3394739533 Jan 1959 https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3394741405 Alaska became 50 state of the united states of America

]]> 2025-04-03 16:11:01 UTC https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3394741405 February 1959 alyieroth https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3394743021 Fidel Castro overthrew Fulgencio Batista and became the leader of Cuba. Castro was originally their military leader and was successful. After Batista was overthrown Castro became the Prime Minister.

]]> 2025-04-03 16:12:26 UTC https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3394743021 July 1958 https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3394743379 NASA established by signing the National Aeronautics and Space act.

]]> 2025-04-03 16:12:45 UTC https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3394743379 1944 https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3394745686 Franklin Roosevelt was re-elected to 4th term, which took place during WW2 where he defeated Thomas E. Dewey.

]]> 2025-04-03 16:14:34 UTC https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3394745686 1949 https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3394748926 George Orwell published the 1984 book which was a cautionary tale which was his ninth and final book.

]]> 2025-04-03 16:17:36 UTC https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3394748926 1950-1953 alyieroth https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3394750447 The Korean War. This was a civil war in Korea (North vs South). America was working with South Korea fighting against North Korea who was trying to take over and become a communist country.

]]> 2025-04-03 16:19:01 UTC https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3394750447 November 6, 1956 https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3394750506 Dwight D. Eisenhower is reelected as president. This was the second time Eisenhower beat out his opponent, Adlai E. Stevenson who he'd ran against 4 years before.

]]> 2025-04-03 16:19:05 UTC https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3394750506 1955 https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3394751655 Polio vaccine was created to prevent and stop the polio virus

]]> 2025-04-03 16:20:13 UTC https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3394751655 1951 alyieroth https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3394754266 The 22nd amendment was ratified. This amendment is that "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice,"

]]> 2025-04-03 16:22:32 UTC https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3394754266 1956 https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3394759350 The United States military began training forces in South Vietnam with the hope to prevent the spread of communism with a presence in the Middle East. They also hoped to stop the conflict there and end the war.

]]> 2025-04-03 16:26:37 UTC https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3394759350 August 1959 https://padlet.com/alyieroth/1tk6pu8lgyx290hw/wish/3394765164 Hawaii became the 50th State in the US. This helped economic growth in the country, industrial and agricultural expansion, and military advantages in the Pacific. This also opened the US to a whole new hub of marketing between countries.

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