The History Daily - An Entertaining Look Back www.historydaily.com By Trevor Smith and Charles Smith
September 23, 2004 on this day: In 1949, U.S. president Harry Truman announced that the Soviet Union had exploded an atomic bomb. Once the U.S.S.R. became a nuclear power Cold War tensions escalated. Faced with the fear of a nuclear holocaust, anti-Communist sentiment in the United States dramatically increased. American foreign policy soon became focused on the singular goal of preventing the spread of Communism. This included building a very large and powerful army, taking an aggressive posture against Communist nations, and providing support to virtually any nation that agreed to be a U.S. ally. Premium Subscribers read more! If you had the Premium Version you would read some amazing facts about the planet Neptune. You would also read about Richard Nixon's "Checkers" speech, and more! Upgrade today at http://www.historydaily.com/premium.html . Also on this day: In 1806 the Lewis and Clark expedition returned to St. Louis. In 1950 the U.S. Congress passed the Internal Security Act, which required Communists to register with the U.S. government. This act was later ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. YESTERDAY'S QUESTION AND ANSWER: Who was Woodrow Wilson's second wife? She was Edith Bolling Galt. Dawn Marie Sellers sent the correct answer first. TODAY'S QUESTION: Which U.S. President commissioned the Lewis and Clark expedition? Send your answer to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Copyright 2004 Trevor Smith --- You are currently subscribed to historydaily2 as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe click on the link below: http://go.netatlantic.com:8080/cgi-bin/unsubscribe.pl?id=32085219I
