Cold war and new deal Flashcards
Who is Harry S. Truman?
President after FDR
Regular ass dude
George Kennas “Long Telegraph”
U.S. diplomat in moscow exposing USSR foreign policy
it said we need to contian using diplomacy and money
Truman Docotrine
respone to greece vs turkey
Sets rule for containment
“Help free people resisiting subjugation”
“buffer zone”
Eastern Europe nations dominated with communism
Atomic diplomacy?
US tried to intimidate USSR with its monopoly on Nukes
USSR making its own with spies
Domino Effect?
if one country falls to communism, neighbor countries fall
Marshall plan vs. Molotiv Plan
Marshall : $13 billion to rebuild west europe
Molotiv: USSR version
europe destroyed by ww2
if russia helps = communits,
if we help = democracy
split berlin and airlift
USSR split its part of berlin from the allies.
US sent supplies through airlift
NATO
largest defense pact ever
“if u attack one of us, we all attack back”
National Security Act of 1947
created CIA, National security council, Department of Defense
Creation of Israel
Israle claimed independence from Palestine and Arabs
US immediatly recognized the new country
What is trumans idea of reconversion?
Truman wants economy to go from wartime to consumer
Employment Act of 1946?
trumans federal government to promote employment
Servicemen readjustment act
GI BILL
give vets money for college, houses, medicine
Taft Harley Labor Act
Union power, cooloff period, employers can campaign against unions
Taft didnt like but congress said yes
Truman and civil rights
trumans from deep south but truamn wants to ‘secure these rights’
anti lynching law, no poll tax, desegregate armed forces
Jackie robinson
desegregated baseball
forced to take lots of hate
Hector P. Garcia
Vetertan doctor who expanded public education
States rights democratic party (dixiecrats)
republican as hell party that started due to lack of conservative representation in the south
