• Shuffle
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Alphabetize
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Front First
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Both Sides
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Read
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
Reading...
Front

Card Range To Study

through

image

Play button

image

Play button

image

Progress

1/10

Click to flip

Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;

Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;

H to show hint;

A reads text to speech;

10 Cards in this Set

  • Front
  • Back
George F. Kennan
containment doctrine." It simply said the U.S.S.R. was expansionist by nature and but it could be held in check by firm American containment.
MacArthur
set up japan
commander of korea operation
Yalta Conference
meeting shaped the Cold War to come. It was highlighted by distrust between the U.S./Britain and the Soviet Union.
Marshall Plan
a massive project to lend financial help to rebuild Europe.
National Security Act
military reorganized
1.The old War Department was replaced with the Department of Defense; the Sec. of War replaced with the Sec. of Defense. Civilian secretaries would also head the army, navy, and air force. The military heads of each branch were to meet in the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
2.The National Security Council (NSC) was formed by the The council was to advise the president on security matters. The act also formed the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to gather foreign intelligence.
white flight
whites abandoned the inner-cities and moved out to the grass and trees of the suburbs.
Taft-Hartley Act
banned "closed shops" (closed to anyone not joining the union).
McCarran act
It was to allow the president to arrest and hold suspicious persons during an "internal security emergency." Congress passed the bill over Truman's veto.
Fair deal
It was a mini-New Deal. The Fair Deal was to improve housing; increase employment, minimum wage, farm price supports; start a new TVA, and extend Social Security.
sunbelt
from California to Florida, began a boom of its own.
1.There was a shift-of-power from the old Northeast and Midwest to the new South and West—from the Frostbelt and Rustbelt to the Sunbelt.
1.Symbolizing this shift, California became the most populous state in the 50's, passing New York.