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26 Cards in this Set
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After WWII, US was in what economicly?
Because of... what's the problem? |
BOOM
1. bonds 2. GI BILL 3. Nuclear weapons 4. baby boom inflation. |
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Because of (1) and (2) strikes occured.
Truman's response was that he seized what industries? |
1. inflation
2. Loss of WWI rights -coal -oil -meat packing -RR-->threatened to draft |
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46 congress favored who?
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Republicans
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Taft-Hartley Act
and significance. |
limits workers rights and stop strikes
passed over truman |
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Harry Truman's new deal:
2 goals defeated (1) outcomes (2) |
civil rights & health care
1- coalition- elemnts of defferent groups (dixie crats and republican) 2-minimum wage-up social security-up urban renewal |
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48 election
goals of the progs. and dixis |
rep- dewey
dem- truman dixi- thurmond prog- wallice progs-friends with russsia dixi-segregation |
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Truman's Executive order
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no discimination in military
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Cold war & Russia y US goals
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A conflict usually without fighting between communists and non communists
US- containment Russia- expand |
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Satelite nations
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nations that are monitored but not controlled
Which are: Albania, Bulgaria, Chzech, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Yugoslavia. |
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Yugoslavia was headed by
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tito
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Truman Doctrine
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money to Greece and Turkey
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Marshal Plan
economic and political effect |
aid to all europe
eco- rebuild W. Europe pol- containment in W. Europe |
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Point 4 Progrmam
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Financial and technical aid to underdeveloped nations
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NATO
Goal and Who |
1st peacetime defence paaaaaact--containment.
Canada, England, France, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Portugal, Turkey, US, & W. Germany |
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Warsaw Pact
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Russia and European Satellites
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Domino Theory
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Communists will spread everywhere and it will become easier- come into US.
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Chinese Revolution
2 leaders and aid to them from who |
Mao--> aid from Russia- creates red China
Chang--> aid from U.S. creates Nationalist China |
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Loyalty review board
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Check for federal communists
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HUAC:
Investigates (1) leaders of HUAC and Actors union are (2) |
1- hollywood
2- HUAC-nixon Actors- Reagon |
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People in spying
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Hiss- state dept. & Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
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Wisconson Senator (1)
Fear of communism because (2) |
1- McCarthy
2- Domino (red china) A-Bomb |
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General in Japan
-> goals in Japan |
McArthur
--> under hirohito create democracy |
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Korean War:
UN council's response (1) Russia's response to UN (2) |
1- send troops lead by McArthur
2- boycotted the UN |
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Limited War
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limit weapons
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Truman fires McArthur because (1) and is followed by (2)
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threatened Civilian control on military
Ridgeway |
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Quote made about the wrong war made by. He was the chiefs of staff
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Omar Bradley
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