age of containment Flashcards
what is the traditional explantion to the cold war?
Blmaes soviets and assrets US had the hardes line possible
Why was trumans role critical?
Relied on hard lined advisors
what was source of soviet american friction?
a bomb
what allowed the us to keep atomic monopoly, but made other countries stop?
the baruch plan of 1946
who refused to accept the baruch plan
soviets
what did they want to conbat in greece?
communism
how much did congress give greece and turkey to help end communism
$400 million
in march 1947 what boards to investigate backrounds of employees
loyalty
what was the attorney general autherized to do
identify groups it considered subversive
what did document reveal?
Depth of soviet penetration
who were th close ties between?
moscow and the communist party of the US
what information did the soviets begin to gather in 1944
atomic information
what did the national security act of 1947 include?
- defense dapartment
- national security council
- air force
- central intelligence agency
what linked economic polices in western europe to containment?
the marshall plan
what were the US funds used for? how much did they give?
to help western european government to work together for post war economic reconstuction. $13 billion
what did solviets have to consolidate?
their own position on eastern europe
what was key to the european recovey?
stability in germany
june 1948 who annouced a plan for currency reform?
britan france US
what did the soviets worry about
germany gaining strengh
what did the soviets cut west berlin fron accesing
highway, rail and water
what failed may 1949
soviet blockade
what stood as the symbol of the cold war divitions
berlin wall; the divided city of berlin
what helped truman win the election in 1948
concerns about national security
what atractted voters
tough forgein policy
who was the republican in the election of 1948
thomas e dewey
what was the new party in 1948 and who ran for it?
states rights: Strom Thurmond
who was in the progressive party in 1948
henry wallace
why did truman win
because fdr and anticommunist F.P
what did the US and 11 other nations form in april 1949
north atlantic treaty organization
attack aginst one…
is an attack agaist all
on what matter was ther a cooperate
economic political and millitary
when did the US join security packs
1950s
who did the US help in china
nationalist government
where did the communist force the nationalists in 1949
taiwan
what was veiwed as a loss to the US
chinese civil war
what was the end of US nuclear monopoly and what did it lead to
soviets exploded a nuclear device in sept 1949 leading to building the hydrogen bomb
what was the NSC-678
blueprint for both rthetoric and the substance of cold war policy and it predicted struggle between the US and soviet union
what were some of the struggles between the us and the soviet union
endosed covert action
econimic pressure
propaganda campagins
military build up
1950 in korean war who attacted who?
north attacked south
what did administration see the attack as
a communist aggression coming from moscow
what is the background of the korean war
divided at 38th parallel after wwII
who was divided to the north
soviets
who was divided to the south
US
what did the US do with UN
worked on sending a peaceseeking force to korea
what was the confusion between the goals
either push back communist to 38th parallel or reunify country
who did the war go bad for
UN forces
what turned tide in sept
Landing at inchon
who pursued the communist forces north of the 38th parallel
MacArthur
When did MacArthur relieve his command
april 1951
What did Eisenhower promise
to go to korea to hasten peace process if elected
