2. 1939-1945 World War II December 7,1941 the United States is bombed by Japan then declares war VE day (Victory in Europe) First atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and then Nagasaki Adolf Hitler commits suicide World War II ended with surrenders: first in Europe , Japan followed United Nations formed
3. 1947 Communist take over in Czechoslovakia Truman Doctrine opposes Communism in Greece and other places Marshall Plan helps to rebuild Europe
4. 1948 and 1949 Native Americans are allowed to vote in New Mexico and Arizona (1948) North Atlantic Treaty organization born, April 4 1949
5. 1950’s Truman approved the H-Bomb June 24 the Korean War began. North Korea Invades South Korea, June 25 The Immigration and Naturalistic act of 1952
6. 1950’s cont. 22nd amendment limits president to two terms Korean War ends (1953) Brown vs. Board of Education Plessy vs. Ferguson (1954)
7. 1950’s continued (1955) The Federal Highway Act was signed Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat up on a public bus in Montgomery Alabama.
8. 1960’s John F. Kennedy is elected President Berlin Wall is closed Bay of Pigs which was a Nuclear War with Cuba(1961) Military aid begins in South Vietnam (1962) Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream speech” John F. Kennedy assassinated, Johnson moves into presidency (1963)
9. 60’s continued 1964 24th amendment killed “poll taxes” Thurgood Marshal is the first black to become Justice on supreme court (1967) Martin Luther King was Murdered in Memphis (1968) Neil Armstrong took one small step for man (1969)
10. 1970’s/81 26th amendment gives 18 year olds the right to vote Ford becomes 1st non elected president (1973) Sandra Day O’Connor becomes first Supreme court Justice in 1981
