Slideshow by Hannah James

1945 Atomic bombs on japan

hj51634 — 2024-05-20 15:14:17 UTC

In 1945 The U.S dropped a atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in japan to try and end the war.

facts :

1.) It is thought that at least 135,000 people died from the Hiroshima explosion and another 70,000 in Nagasaki

2.) The first bomb dropped on Hiroshima was made from uranium

3.) Hiroshima was chosen because it was a large port city with an army base.

1950s timeline events

hj51634 — 2024-05-20 15:16:33 UTC

1948-1949 Berlin blockade

hj51634 — 2024-05-20 15:35:09 UTC

In June of 1948 The U.S.S.R surrounded the capital of berlin, Trying to make the allies leave the city. They blocked the roads and had a wall to make them not able to move in or out of the city.

facts :

1.) Western Allies provided West Berlin with over 1.9 million tons of supplies.

2.) The Allies delivered as much as 6,000 tons of supplies each day

3.) The Soviet Union unsuccessfully attempted to sabotage airlift attempts by shining searchlights at night to blind pilots.

1949 - Soviet Union tests first nuclear weapon

hj51634 — 2024-05-22 14:49:18 UTC

The first nuclear weapon was an atomic bomb called RDS-1 or '' First Lightning".

Facts :

1.) it weighed 9,700 pounds

2.) it was dropped on Hiroshima at 8:15 am

3.) it was dropped from 31,00 feet in the air.

1950- 1953 -- Korean war begins

hj51634 — 2024-05-22 14:56:09 UTC

The Korean war was started June 25, 1950 between north and south Korea. The war was started due to the north army invading the south in a general attack. As the war ended the south and north were divided.

facts :

1.) a lot of soldiers had frostbite

2.) a special forces unit was created just for the war.

3.) the conflict was never actually declared as a war

1952- US test their first ever hydrogen bomb

hj51634 — 2024-05-22 15:02:08 UTC

The U.S used the the first hydrogen bomb at Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall islands.

on November 1, 1952 and it was 700 times the power of the uranium bomb dropped on Hiroshima

facts :

1.) it could destroy structures within a radius of several miles

2.) the intense white light it had could've caused people to go blind

3.) it also created radioactive fallout that can poison living creatures and contaminate air, or even soil

1955-- The space race begins

hj51634 — 2024-05-22 15:04:52 UTC

The space race was when the Soviet union responded to the us announcement of their actual similar intent to launch artificial satellites but in 1957 the soviet launched the first artificial satellite (sputnik1) into space

facts :

1.) Yuri Gargarin started a tradition

2.) A dog was the first animal to go into space

3.) it was a solar powered satellite

1959-1975-- Vietnam war

hj51634 — 2024-05-22 15:19:45 UTC

The Vietnam war was a long conflict that the communist government of north Vietnam against the south of Vietnam and the united states. It was nationalist forces attempting to unify the country of Vietnam under an actual communist government .

facts:

1.) 2/3 of the men who served in Vietnam were volunteers

2.) President Kennedy wanted to get the US army out of Vietnam

3.) The US didn't lost the war on ground

1956- the U.S refuses to provide military support the Hungarian Revolution.

hj51634 — 2024-05-28 00:38:02 UTC

The U.S refused to give military support to the Hungary due to The Eisenhower administration policy worrying it could cause possible nuclear conflict between them. but they soon became tired of the policy.

Facts:

1.) on the morning of November 4, Soviet troops moved against Budapest with great force and crushed the remainder of the rebellion. Over the course of the next several day, thousands of Hungarians were killed by red army troops

2.) multiple people fled

1957- Eisenhower doctrine

hj51634 — 2024-05-28 00:57:31 UTC

The Eisenhower doctrine was any middle Eastern could request American economic benefit or aid if it could have been threated by armed/communist aggression.

Facts

1.) Lebanon, Iran, and Guatemala were the focus of the Eisenhower Doctrine.

2.) The Policy was proposed by President Dwight d.

3.) it was official on January 5th, 1957

1957- Civil rights act of 1957

hj51634 — 2024-05-28 01:29:54 UTC

The Civil Rights act of 1957 was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by congress since the civil rights act of 1875. It established The Civil Rights section of the justice Department and enabled federal prosecutors to obtain court order against interference with the right to vote.

facts

1.) On September 9, 1957, president Dwight D. and Eisenhower signed into law the Civil rights act of 1957.

2.) it had weak enforcement mechanisms

3.) senator Strom Thurmond tried to stop the civil rights act