Timeline by Ethan Lloyd

the use of the atomic bomb

el51863 — 2024-05-22 17:27:01 UTC

The atomic bomb was dropped on Japan in the city of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on august 6th 1945.

Facts

1 the bombs killed about 226,000 people.

2 most of the people who died were civilians.

3 japans admitted defeat after the second bomb was dropped.

berlin blockade

el51863 — 2024-05-22 17:45:43 UTC

Germany was divided by the 4 allied powers the united states, France, the united kingdom and the soviet union. Tension grew to the point the soviet union made a wall dividing themselves from the over 3 allies.

facts

1 the wall exposed the soviets union on closed off they truly are.

2 the building of the wall started construction on June 24 1948 and finished construction on May 12 1949.

3 the wall fell on November 9 1989.

The USSR atomic bomb Test

el51863 — 2024-05-22 18:12:10 UTC

on August 29th 1949, the USSR tested there first atomic bomb reinstating themselves as a major power.

facts

1 it was the start of the nuclear arms race for the united states and Soviet union

2 the name of the USSR bomb was called RDS-1 aka First Lightning.

3 the bomb was 1.6 megaton nuke

The Korean war

el51863 — 2024-05-23 17:07:26 UTC

The North Korean army invaded South Korea from 1950-1953. By which it reached international proportions when north Korea supplied the Soveit Union.

Facts

1 2.5 million people died in the war.

2 the reason the united states got involved was to stop communism in Korea.

3 the war ended in a stalemate.

The second red scare

el51863 — 2024-05-23 17:36:50 UTC

Right after WW2 from 1947 to 1957, the ideas of communism being to spread to other country's. the united states grew paranoid of Communist especially the Soveit union.

Facts

1 The united states made ways to defend themselves the most popular was the bomb shelter with the fear of the USSR invading or bombing.

2 a nickname for this second red scare is also known as McCarthyism, when Joseph McCarthy is a major political figure for the left wings is discovered to be an alleged communist.

3 The second red scare caused a strong distrust of the left the public seeing them all as communist and made it extremely difficult for left wing figure to get any federal job.

33rd president Harry Truman

el51863 — 2024-05-23 17:56:20 UTC

in 1948 Harry Truman won the 33rd presidential election who introduced several new bill all composed under the fair deal like The G.I. Bill which helped get military veterans back into society with job priority and money for further education.

Facts

1 he was born May 8 1884 and then died December 26 1972.

2 He never had a college degree

3 he fought in ww1