Truman And The Korean War

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Yalta Conference

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1945-Meeting between Churchill, Stalkin, and FDR in which the leaders discussed plans for the postwar world

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United Nations

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An international peacekeeping organization

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General Assembly

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All members of the U.N discuss freely

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Security Council

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11(now 15) members of the U.N. with a special veto power

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Potsdam Conference

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Truman met with Stalin, Stalin wanted war payments from the Germans and Truman wanted free elections in Poland

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Satellite Nations

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A country dominated politically and economically by another nation, especially by the Soviet Union in the Cold War

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Iron Curtain

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Winston Churchill's term for the extension of Communist control over eastern europe

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Cold War

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The state of hostility, without actual warfare, that existed between the U.S. and the Soviet Union after WWII until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991

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Containment

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American Policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world

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George Kennan

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American diplomat stationed in Moscow who analyzed Soviet behavior and policy

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Truman Doctrine

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1947-Declaration by Truman that the U.S. would support nations that were being threatened by communism

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Marshall Plan

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1947-Program of American economic assistance to Western Europe

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George C. Marshall

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Army chief of staff during WWII and Sect. of State for Harry Truman; assisted economy, established strong allies through the Marshall Plan

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Berlin Airlift

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Supply of West Berlin by American and British planes during a Soviet blockade in 1948-1949

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO)

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Alliance between the U.S., Canada, and Western European nations, formed in 1949

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Collective Security

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Policy in which nations agree to protect one another against attack

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Warsaw Pact

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Military alliance between the Soviet Union and the nations of eastern Europe; formed in 1955

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Hydrogen Bomb

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1952-Thermonuclear bomb; more destructive than the atomic bomb

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Federal Civil Defense Administration

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Agency that put out posters and other information about how to survive a nuclear attack

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Bomb Shelter

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Shelters to protect people agains nuclear attacks

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Air Raid Drill

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Drills in schools to protect people against nuclear attacks and bombings

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Mao Zedong

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Leader of communists who took over China in 1949; remained in power until his death in 1976

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Jiang(Chang Chi Shek)

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Leader of non-communist China

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Nationalist Chinese

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1949-The democratic group during the civil war in China; lost war

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Loyalty Program

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1947-All new federal employees had to be investigated; also checked existing employees
-Loyalty Review Board

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HUAC(House Un-American Activities Committee)

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Congressional committee that investigated communist influence in the U.S. in the 40's and 50's

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Hollywood Ten

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Ten Hollywood actors, directors, etc. invoked their 5th amendment rights and declined to answer the questions while on trial; went to jail

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Blacklist

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List that is circulated, containing the names of persons who should not be hired

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McCarran-Walter Act

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1952-Immigration law that discriminated against potential immigrants from Asia and Southern and Central Europe

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Alger HIss

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Former State Department official investigatedd as a possible communist spy by HUAC after WWII; Convicted of prejury in 1950 by Nixon

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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

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Husband and wife convicted and executed in 1953 for passing atomic secrets to the Soviets; guilt still debated

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38th Parallel

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The latitude line dividing North Korea and South Korea

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Douglas MacArthur

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United States General during the great depression, WWII, and Korean War, Forced by Truman to resign in 1953

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Syngman Rhee

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South Korean President

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Yalu River

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The river dividing North Korea and China

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Joseph McCarthy

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Republican Senator from Wisconsin in the late 40's and 50's; lead crusade to investigate officials he claimed were communists; discredited in 1954

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2nd Red Scare

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The second period of intense fear of communism in America

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Domino Theory

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Belief that if one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would likewise fall

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Arms Race

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A contest between nations in which both expand their arms stockpiles in an effort to gain superiority

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Brinkmanship

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Policy of risking war in order to protect national interests

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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34th president of the United States(1953-1961); Leader of allied forcers in WWII; as president promoted business and continued social programs

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Nakita Khrushchev

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Soviet leader from 1953 to 1964; Opposed president Kennedy in Cuban Missle Crisis

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ICBM

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Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

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Sputnik

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1st artificial satellite to orbit earth; launched by Soviets in 1957

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U-2 Incident

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The shooting down of an American spy plane over the Soviet Union in 1960