Eisenhower and Truman Flashcards
How long was Truman’s whistle-stop tour?
30,000 miles
Why did people like Truman?
-Brought the family out (personal)
-Appealed to farmers as he was one
-Positive stance on Civil rights
What was Truman nicknamed?
Common mans man
How many new NAACP members were there after the war?
Before the war, 50,000-500,000 members
What happened in the Journey of Reconciliation?
-16 Black CORE students stayed on the bus as long as possible to see how far they could get
-Didn’t get far, and they were met with violence
-Challenged bus segregation laws
When did Truman desegregate the military, and what executive order is it?
-1948
-9981
What did Truman describe discrimination as?
‘Disease’ in a Speech, 1946
What did Truman ask congress?
Pass laws:
-Lynching
-Stop voter suppression
-Equal employment
Congress blocked most of these.
When was the Truman Doctrine?
1947
What was the Truman Doctrine?
-Contain communism
-Offer economic aid
-Gave $300 million in aid to Greece and Turkey
When was the Marshall Aid?
1948
What was the Marshall Aid?
-Economic aid program launched to help rebuild Western Europe after WW2
-US gave $13billion to 16 countries
-USSR blocked it, calling it Dollar Imperialism
When was Nato established?
1949
When were the Bombs dropped?
6th August Hiroshima
9th August Nagasaki
When did the Korean War start?
25th June 1950
Explain the narrative of the Korean War?
-Korea is divided along the 38th parallel
-The USA sent troops led by General Douglas MacArthur to land in Inchon.
-MacArthur pushed the North Koreans back over the 38th parallel
-China invaded the South and drove UN forces back. MacArthur requested an atomic bomb, but Truman denied it.
-1952 Ike visits Korea and uses Brinkmanship
-1953 armistice signed
When was the Berlin blockade?
1948
What were the events of the Berlin Blockade?
-Germany was split into 4 zones at Potsdam
-The USSR wanted to see Germany act as a further buffer zone between them and capitalist states.
-Trizonia made in 1949
Stalin closed all roads, rail, and power supplies.
Airlift
-US drops 2.3 million tons of supplies
-Planes land at Templehoff every minute
-Lasted 11 months
What was the Fair Deal?
Policy agenda
-Expand social security
-Increase the minimum wage
-Abolition of poll taxes
-Anti lynching laws
How many people moved from East to West Germany due to better jobs?
2.7 million
How many people were on McCarthy’s list?
205
How did Eisenhower win?
-War hero
-Hates communism
-Adlai was a democrat. Voters wanted a change after 20 years of Democratic rule
-I like Ike advertising 90% of USA had TV
How many votes did Ike get from electoral colleges?
442
How many houses were built in the suburbs?
11/13 million
Who were the brothers who made houses and how many did they make?
Levitt brothers
17,000 homes
When was the interstate highway built?
1956
What is Dynamic conservatism?
Conservative when it comes to money, liberal when it comes to the people.
What did dynamic conservatism do?
-Raise the minimum wage
-Increased social security benefits
-Federal aid to education
How much did the interstate cost?
$26 billion
When were the Montgomery bus boycotts?
1955
What happened during the Montgomery bus boycotts?
-Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man
-The NAACP organised a bus boycott. 50,000 people joined it, leading to desegregated buses, but just the Montgomery buses
When was little rock 9?
1957
Events of Little Rock 9?
-9 students refused entry into Little Rock Central High
-Faubus ordered the National Guard to keep them out
-Ike sent 101 Airborne after 3 weeks
When did the students of little rock have their full day?
Sep 25th 1957
When was Ikes first civil rights bill and what did it do?
-1957
- Protected voters rights
When was the second civil rights bill and what did it do?
-1960
-added 3%
When was the greensboro sit ins and how many students took part?
-1960
-70,000
-desegregated woolworths
What happened during the U2 spy plane?
-1960
-Gary Powers shot down over the USSR
-Ike lies and says it’s a weather forecast machine
-Khruschev stormed out of Geneva conference because he doesn’t get an apology
What happened at the 1954 Geneva conference?
-Ike proposed an Open Skies plan that allows aerial surveillance of others to build trust.
-USSR rejected it
What happened between Vietnam and France?
-Ho Chi Minh led the fight for independence against the French, given $ 2 billion by the USA
-1954 Dien Bien Phu battle French begged for an airstrike Ike refused.
-The war ended with the Geneva Accords and was divided along the 17th parallel
When was the Hungarian uprising?
-1956
What were the events of the Hungarian uprising?
-Protests began, people wanted change from Rakosi’s harsh rule
-Violent protests happen, so change the leader to Imre Nagy
-He had reforms, such as he wanted to leave the Warsaw Pact, which alarmed the soviet union
-USSR sent tanks into crush revolution
-Thousands were killed around 200,000 fled the country
-Nagy killed
-West didn’t do anything
What was the Taft Hartley Act?
restricted power of work unions
how much did USA spend on japan?
$2billion
