Truman seizes federal control of Steel to quash
a strike as workers and owners couldn't reach
agreement over pay
This is found to be unconstitutional
First H-bomb detonated by the US
Eisenhower (Republican) elected President, Nixon as his Vice-President
Rosenburgs
arrested and
executed for
Espionage
MacArthur relieved of
duty as US Comander of
troops in Korea
McCarthy makes the 'Wheeling Speech'
charging 205 members of the state
department with communist links
Sino-Soviet Alliance signed
between Stalin and Mao
North Korea invades
the South- Korean
war begins
Truman send troops stationed in Japan to aid the South led by
General MacArthur
Successful counter-attack by the US and allies in Inchon
US encroach on Chinese border leading to Chinese counter attack pushing the US back
Social Security amendments increase
the spread and depth of benefits
Republicans make significant gains in the
mid term elections
NATO formed
Berlin Blockade lifted
USSR detonates first A-bomb
China falls to
Communism
under Chairman
Mao
Minimum wage rises to 75 cents
Berlin Blockade starts- USSR blocks all land access to West
Berlin, for 10 months all supplies are flown into West
Berlin- at its peak over a thousand aid planes
landed in Berlin in one day.
Truman orders the desegregation of
the Armed Forces
Truman first candidate to campaign in Harlem
Democrats retake Congress
Truman releases his
'Truman Doctrine'
Jackie Robinson is
the first Black player
in Major League
Baseball for the
Brooklyn Dodgers
Marshall Plan announced- US run
AID plan for post-war Europe
Truman becomes the first President to
address the NAACP
To Secure These Rights
released identifying race
discrimination in almost
every aspect of American
life
Kennan's Long Telegram sent
Employment Act lays the
responsibility of economic
stability of the country with
the federal government