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)
Russia countered by denouncing the past as aggressive alliance against the Soviet union, and by forming a defensive association of its own, the
Warsaw Pact
appointed by Truman as Supreme Commander in the Allied occupation of Japan
General Douglas MacArthur
treaty that officially ended the Allied occupation of Japan
Japanese Peace Treaty Conference
named by Truman as Supreme Allied Commander in EUROPE
General Dwight D Eisenhower
gave the President the authority to fix wage and price ceilings
Defense Production Act
Korea was partitioned along the
38th parallel
Chinese Communist leader
Mao Tse-Tung
Chinese Nationalist Leader
Chiang Kai-Shek
traveled to China and attempted to persuade Chiang Kai-Shek to form a coalition government which would include both Communists and Nationalists
General George Marshall
North Korea invaded South Korea on
June 25, 1950
North Korean forces continued their advance and reached the South Korean capital
Seoul
The outnumbered and outgunned South Koreans and Americans withdrew to a battle line called the
Pusan Perimeter
in April 1951, Truman shocked the nation by
abruptly removing General MacArthur from command
won the election of 1952
Republican Dwight D Eisenhower
Eisenhower’s VP
Richard Nixon
became Secretary of State under Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
President Eisenhower transformed the Federal Security Agency into the
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Ho Chi Minh drove the ___________________ out of their colony in Indochina
French
the Red Chinese seemed intent on “liberating” _______________ from Nationalist Chinese rule
Taiwan
an organization formed by Eisenhower and Dulles to resist Communist aggression and expansions
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)
weakened the SEATO alliance
absence of three of the largest non-Communist nations in Asia– India, Indonesia, Japan
West Germany became known as
German Federal Republic
two men who helped make West Germany one of the most prosperous nations in the world
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
Ludwig Erhard
the whole trend of the Eisenhower Administration was
away from the government participation in business and economy
the CIO and AFL united to form
AFL-CIO
became the first president of the AFL-CIO
George Meany
Congress provided for the construction of the _______________________________ in partnership with Canada
St. Lawrence Seaway