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Philippines became independent. Us retained important naval and air bases. July 4, 1946
Strom Thurmond ran for president in 1948 election against Henry Wallace and Harry S. Truman. part of State's rights party
22nd amendment limited power of the president to two full terms
Sino-Soviet Pact signed by Stalin and Mao. world-wide communist conspiracy?
Inchon amphibious assault reversed tide of Korean war. moved towards china. by macaurther
Missouri place of Truman's retirement
Greece and Turkey first test of the Truman Doctrine's containment policy
Thomas Dewey republican candidate in 1948 election
Levitt track housing "white fleet". suburban development
George Keenan expert of communism who believed Soviet's needed a western enemy to stay in power
G.I. Bill Serviceman's Readjustment Act of 1946. gave transition support for former troops. provided millions
election of 1948 Truman, Dewey, Thurmond, Wallace. Truman victory
years of babyboom 1945-1960
Churchill Great Britian's prime minister who attended Atlantic Charter, Casablanca, Teheran conferences
Lippman coined the term "cold war"
USSR Cold war with U.S. advocates of communism
Years of FDR's presidency 1933-1945
Years of Truman's presidency 1945-1953
Atlantic Charter blueprints for UN. FDR only one to embrace all of the principles
Casablanca Conference Invasion through Sicily. Axis unconditional surrender
unconditional surrender
Teheran first meeting on the Big Three
UN Security Council US, GB, France, China, USSR
Yalta last meeting of the Big Three. division of Germany into four parts.
Teheran first meeting of the Big three
UN Security Council US, GB, France, China, USSR
Yalta last meeting of Big Three. division into four occupation
chinese Civil War between Chiang Kai-shek (Nationalists) and Mao Zedong (Communists). ended up in Communist hands
Chinese Nationalists Kuomintang. lost civil war
Chiang Kai Shek leader of Chinese Nationalist party
Mao Ze Dong leader of chinese communist party
Truman Doctrine containment policy first tested in greece and turkey
Economic Cooperation Administration (Marshall Plan) offered aid to European countries as seen fit. rebuilt western european democracies
1948 coup in Czechoslovakia brought domestic support for Marshall plan
Federal Republic of Germany West germany (BR, US, FR)
German Democratic Republic East Germany (USSR)
Berlin blockade USSR tightens security over their zone
NATO millitary alliance for defending all allies from outside attack-attack one you attack all
Warsaw Pact counter to NATO by soviets
Taiwan (Formosa) where US supported Chinese Nationalists
Fair Deal reform program defeated by Truman's fights with Congress and pressing foriegn policy concerns of the Cold War
Taft Hatley Act limited the power of labor unions
State's Rights Party in reaction to Truman's support of civil rights. Nominated Thurmond
Macaurther fired by truman after wanting to use atomic power on china
Korean War dates 1950-1953
National Security Act provided for a centralized Department of Defense that replaced the War Department, created National Security Council and CIA
NSC-68 new policy towards Soviets.
38th parallel korea was divided
Alger Hiss convicted of perjury in 1950 and sent to prison
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg found guilty of selling atomic bombs to USSR and sentenced to death
HUAC est. in 1939 to seek out nazis. reactivated in postwar years to find communists
Whittaker Chambers former communist and editor of TIME. informed HUAC that Hiss supplied him w/ classified documents in 1937-38
J. Edgar Hoover director of FBI. used his authority to investigate and harass radicals
Joseph McCarthy declared communists were still working for the State Department. sensational accusations. crusader against domestic subversion
Dwight D. Eisenhower republican who won election of 1952.
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