Interactive Timeline – 1945-1952

correct incorrect Dec Truman establishes President's Committee on Civil Rights

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Jul Dramatic demonstrations of new atomic bombs in Bikini Atoll in Pacific cause global fallout concern

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Jul Treaty of Manila grants independence to Philippines

correct incorrect Mar Truman Doctrine explained in congressional speech

correct incorrect Apr Jackie Robinson desegregates major league baseball

correct incorrect Jun George C. Marshall announces European Recovery Plan (Marshall Plan)

correct incorrect Jun Taft–Hartley Act rolls back Wagner Act protections for unions

correct incorrect Jul George F. Kennan outlines containment policy

correct incorrect Jul National Security Act signed by President Truman, creating National Security Council, Department of Defense, and Central Intelligence Agency

correct incorrect Sep HCUA subpoenas 41 suspected American Communists

correct incorrect Oct W. E. B. Du Bois gives UN speech, An Appeal to the World, linking civil rights and Cold War politics

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Aug India and Pakistan gain independence

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Aug Jawaharlal Nehru becomes first Indian prime minister

correct incorrect Jan Truman signs Smith Act

correct incorrect Jul Truman issues Executive Order 9981, desegregating U.S. military

correct incorrect Aug Whittaker Chambers provides dramatic testimony to HCUA against Alger Hiss

correct incorrect Aug David Bradley's No Place to Hide raises nuclear concerns

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Apr North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) founded

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Aug Soviets successfully test atomic bomb, ending U.S. monopoly

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Oct U.S. ally Chiang Kai-shek leader of Chinese Nationalists

correct incorrect THE WORLD: People's Republic of China formally established by Mao

correct incorrect Feb Joseph McCarthy announces list of Communists in U.S. State Department

correct incorrect Apr NSC-68 initiates a more confrontational Cold War strategy

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Jun North Korea invades South Korea, initiating Korean War

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Nov Chinese forces enter Korea

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Sep MacArthur stages dramatic counterattack at Inchon

correct incorrect Jan Nuclear testing begins at Nevada test site

correct incorrect Jun Dennis v. United States

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Jan Seoul falls to Chinese People's Volunteer Army

correct incorrect Apr Truman relieves MacArthur of command

correct incorrect Dec McCarran Immigration and Naturalization Act restricts immigration