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In 1945, the first atomic explosion in history took place in

Alamogordo, New Mexico

In 1939, the first steps toward the creation of an atomic bomb were taken by

Nazi germany

In 1942, the United States and Mexico agreed to the braceros program which

admitted Mexican contract laborers into the United States for a limited time

In 1943, to simplify tax collections, Congress enacted

automatic payroll deductions

The battle of the coral sea in 1942

marked the first important victory by the United States against Japan.

In World War II, the main American strategy to fight Japan was to

mount two offensive campaigns to attack the Japanese from two directions

In regards to European Jewish refugees, between 1939 and 1945, the United States

refused to accept large numbers of refugees

In August 1945, the primary reason the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Japan was because

the Japanese did not immediately surrender after the first bomb was dropped.

In 1942, when the United States interned Japanese Americans in "relocation centers,"

there was no evidence that the Japanese Americans were a domestic security risk