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- 141: Immigration
- ... The Immigration and Nationality Act of June 27, 1952 also known as the McCarran-Walter Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 was passed over the veto of President Harry S. Truman. The Act made all immigration laws compact into one comprehensive statute. All of the races were made eligible for naturalization. Sex discrimination was eliminated with respect to immigration. However it ...
- 142: Cival Rights Act 1964
- ... desegregation of schools - putting into law the Supreme Court decision of Brown vs. Board of Education. Title V expands the duties of the Civil Rights Commission, set up by President Truman after the shame of the treatment of black Military personnel during World War II (Ginsberg 131). Title VII establishes a government agency, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), to enforce ...
- 143: Vietnam War - Summary Of Vietnam
- ... of South Vietnam, so that they would be a unified communist nation. To prevent the domino effect and the further spread of communism, the U.S. held on to the Truman Doctrine and stood behind the South Vietnamese leader, Diem. Kennedy and Diem were both killed in 1963 and 1964. Johnson took control of the situation by increasing the amount of ...
- 144: The Cuban Missile Crisis
- ... cheaper, faster planes were being needed anyway, Project MX-774 was the name given to the research to develop such technology. In the Korean War of 1949 President Hary S. Truman announced the Soviet Union had detonated an atomic device. The US reacted by setting off a big bomb called "Mike". The US had superior design, they were more accurate. The ...
- 145: Atomic Bomb
- ... released. Most nuclear weapons, however, use much more than one gram of fuel. This is why they are so devastatingly powerful. When Franklin D. Roosevelt unexpectedly died in office, Harry Truman became the new president of the United States. He was soon faced with the decision of whether or not to use the bomb. He decided to use it because he ...
- 146: Atomic Bomb
- ... or not. General Groves believed it should be tested while Oppenheimer did not think it should be tested. They both agreed to leave the decision up to the President, Harry Truman. He decided to test the bomb. The bomb was tested at Trinity Test Site in New Mexico on July 16, 1945 and was a complete success. The Americans had finally ...
- 147: Vietnam War
- ... from 1965-1971 was the most significant movement of its kind in the nation's history. The United States first became directly involved in Vietnam in 1950 when President Harry Truman started to underwrite the costs of France's war against the Viet Minh. Later, the presidencies of Dwight Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy increased the US's political, economic, and ...
- 148: US Generals Of WWII
- ... conferences at Casablanca, Québec, Tehran (Teheran), Yalta, and Potsdam. In 1944 he was promoted to the rank of General of the Army. When he retired in 1945, President Harry S. Truman appointed him special representative, with the rank of ambassador, to China. He spent two years in China attempting to mediate the differences between the Chinese Communist and Nationalist leaders, but ...
- 149: Cold War
- ... theory, which stated that as one small country fell to communism, surrounding small countries would also fall to communism rapidly. In the spirit of containment, strongly supported by President Harry Truman, was the main driving force behind the Korean War. Along with containment as a force was American Pride. After World War II and after Japanese occupation, Soviet troops moved in ...
- 150: Impact Of New Deal On The
- ... effects on us. Even though it was criticized for an enormous expenditures, every dime spent on it was worth it. It also paved the way for new programs such as Truman's Fair Deal. New Deal was a great program because it acted in a way as a first aid to the dying United States. It helped the United States just ...
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