POSTWAR RECOVERY AND THE BEGINNING OF THE COLD WAR
1. 1945
-------- Senator Joseph McCarthy claims U.S. government harbors Communists; Korean War begins National Security Act; U.S. aid to Greece and Turkey; Truman announces Truman Doctrine Berlin crisis and airlift Truman fires General Douglas MacArthur; U.S. occupation of Japan ends Roosevelt dies; Truman becomes president Marshall Plan approved; Truman orders desegregation of military Communists take over China; North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) formed Korean War ends President’s Committee on Civil Rights created; George F. Kennan drafts containment policy
2. 1946
-------- Senator Joseph McCarthy claims U.S. government harbors Communists; Korean War begins National Security Act; U.S. aid to Greece and Turkey; Truman announces Truman Doctrine Berlin crisis and airlift Truman fires General Douglas MacArthur; U.S. occupation of Japan ends Roosevelt dies; Truman becomes president Marshall Plan approved; Truman orders desegregation of military Communists take over China; North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) formed Korean War ends President’s Committee on Civil Rights created; George F. Kennan drafts containment policy
3. 1947
-------- Senator Joseph McCarthy claims U.S. government harbors Communists; Korean War begins National Security Act; U.S. aid to Greece and Turkey; Truman announces Truman Doctrine Berlin crisis and airlift Truman fires General Douglas MacArthur; U.S. occupation of Japan ends Roosevelt dies; Truman becomes president Marshall Plan approved; Truman orders desegregation of military Communists take over China; North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) formed Korean War ends President’s Committee on Civil Rights created; George F. Kennan drafts containment policy
4. 1948
-------- Senator Joseph McCarthy claims U.S. government harbors Communists; Korean War begins National Security Act; U.S. aid to Greece and Turkey; Truman announces Truman Doctrine Berlin crisis and airlift Truman fires General Douglas MacArthur; U.S. occupation of Japan ends Roosevelt dies; Truman becomes president Marshall Plan approved; Truman orders desegregation of military Communists take over China; North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) formed Korean War ends President’s Committee on Civil Rights created; George F. Kennan drafts containment policy
5. 1948- 1949
-------- Senator Joseph McCarthy claims U.S. government harbors Communists; Korean War begins National Security Act; U.S. aid to Greece and Turkey; Truman announces Truman Doctrine Berlin crisis and airlift Truman fires General Douglas MacArthur; U.S. occupation of Japan ends Roosevelt dies; Truman becomes president Marshall Plan approved; Truman orders desegregation of military Communists take over China; North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) formed Korean War ends President’s Committee on Civil Rights created; George F. Kennan drafts containment policy
6. 1949
-------- Senator Joseph McCarthy claims U.S. government harbors Communists; Korean War begins National Security Act; U.S. aid to Greece and Turkey; Truman announces Truman Doctrine Berlin crisis and airlift Truman fires General Douglas MacArthur; U.S. occupation of Japan ends Roosevelt dies; Truman becomes president Marshall Plan approved; Truman orders desegregation of military Communists take over China; North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) formed Korean War ends President’s Committee on Civil Rights created; George F. Kennan drafts containment policy
7. 1950
-------- Senator Joseph McCarthy claims U.S. government harbors Communists; Korean War begins National Security Act; U.S. aid to Greece and Turkey; Truman announces Truman Doctrine Berlin crisis and airlift Truman fires General Douglas MacArthur; U.S. occupation of Japan ends Roosevelt dies; Truman becomes president Marshall Plan approved; Truman orders desegregation of military Communists take over China; North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) formed Korean War ends President’s Committee on Civil Rights created; George F. Kennan drafts containment policy
8. 1951
-------- Senator Joseph McCarthy claims U.S. government harbors Communists; Korean War begins National Security Act; U.S. aid to Greece and Turkey; Truman announces Truman Doctrine Berlin crisis and airlift Truman fires General Douglas MacArthur; U.S. occupation of Japan ends Roosevelt dies; Truman becomes president Marshall Plan approved; Truman orders desegregation of military Communists take over China; North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) formed Korean War ends President’s Committee on Civil Rights created; George F. Kennan drafts containment policy
9. 1953
-------- Senator Joseph McCarthy claims U.S. government harbors Communists; Korean War begins National Security Act; U.S. aid to Greece and Turkey; Truman announces Truman Doctrine Berlin crisis and airlift Truman fires General Douglas MacArthur; U.S. occupation of Japan ends Roosevelt dies; Truman becomes president Marshall Plan approved; Truman orders desegregation of military Communists take over China; North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) formed Korean War ends President’s Committee on Civil Rights created; George F. Kennan drafts containment policy