United States Department of State: Timeline

1789   The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs (later renamed the Department of State United States Department of State

The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet [i] ... 

), is established.

1941   World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor Attack on Pearl Harbor

The Imperial Japanese Navy [i] made its attack on Pearl Harbor on the morning of Sunday, December 7 [i], ... 

 - Joseph Grew, the United States United States

The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., a... 

 ambassador to Japan Japan

is an island country [i] in East Asia [i]. ... 

, cables the State Department United States Department of State

The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet [i] ... 

 that Japan had plans to launch an attack against Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor is a simple embayment on the island of Oahu [i], Hawaii [i], west of Honolulu [i] ... 

, Hawaii Hawaii

Hawaii became the 50th state [i] of the United States [i] on August 21 [i], 1959 [i]. ... 

 (his cable was ignored).

1950   Red scare Red Scare

The term "Red Scare" has been retroactively applied to two distinct periods of strong anti-Communism [i] ... 

: In his speech to the Republican Women's Club at the McClure Hotel in Wheeling, West Virginia, Senator United States Senate

he United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States [i], the other b ... 

 Joseph McCarthy Joseph McCarthy

Joseph Raymond McCarthy was a Republican [i] Senator [i] from th ... 

 accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with 205 Communists Communism

Communism is an ideology that seeks to establish a future classless [i], stateless [i] ... 

.