Chapter 28- Years of Strength and Stability Flashcards
succeeded FDR as President
Truman
enacted in 1944 to provide discharge pay, hospitalization, government loans for purchasing homes, farms or businesses and educational benefits for veterans.
G.I. Bill of Rights
wartime measures upset the natural cycles of
supply and demand
ended the Great Depression
postwar economic boom
the erosion of the value of money
inflation
replaced the Wagner Act
removed certain labor abuses and to curb the growing power of labor unions over individuals and employers
Taft-Hartley Act
passed to ensure that future Presidents would be limited to two terms in office
22nd Amendment
won election of 1948
Truman
Truman’s public support program of socialists legislation
Fair Deal
provided military aid to European allies and other friendly nations
North Atlantic Treaty
Truman’s programs designed to give assistance to underdeveloped countries
Point Four Program
eleven members of the Communist party were tried and convicted under the
made it a crime to advocate the violent overthrow of the US government of belong to group dedicated to that purpose
Smith Act
designed to bring the activities of the Communist party under closer surveillance and control
Internal Security Act
a State Department official that was convicted under the Smith Act
Alger Hiss
the husband and wife team that was executed for selling secrets to Russians
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
former Communist party member and spy that helped investigators find and convict Communist supporters
Chambers
conducted investigations into the Communist associations of employess of various departments of the federal government
Joseph McCarthy
increases Soviet espionage at home and additional friction abroad were part of the
a conflict of two opposing ideologies: Capitalism vs Communism
Cold War
set up by UN to meet the threats to world peace
International Atomic Energy Authority
Churchill’s name for eastern Europe
Iron Curtain
stated that the US would employ its resources to prevent the overthrow of any democracy through outside interference
Truman Doctrine
the European Recovery Plan that extended credits amounting to as much as $20 million to accelerate Europe’s economic renewal
Marshall Plan
established by Americans all through the winter of 1948-1949 to aid the West Berliners from starvation
Berlin Air-Lift
an association of nations established in 1949
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)