Truman And Eisenhower: The Cold War Flashcards
Marshal plan
Have aid to Europe
Pots Con
Germany being annexed and big 3 meet
Philippines independence
Reps signed a treaty to give the pacific islands independence
Neremburg trials
Series of military tribunals
Greek civil war
US and Britian backed the anticommunist gov
Policy of containment
Articulated by George Kennen and became the gilding principle for the next 45 yrs
Cold War
Sustained state of political and military tension
CIA
Passed the national security act
Berlin Aircraft
US provided the people of West Berlin with help
NATO
Military alliance signed in 1949 by member countries to mutual agree to defend each other
Second red scare
Term characterized height of communism
Iron Curtain
Churchill said this was btw free ppl and the east
22nd amendment
Limited the election of US pres to two terms
Thomas Dewey
Incumbent Harry Truman upset him
Puerto Ricans
Two of them tried to kill pres Truman
Russian Gov
Helped supply weapons to the communist of NK
Chinese
Crossed the yulu river
McArthur
Truman fired him
Domino effect
One country falls the rest will follow
France
Started the US invovlement after they were defeated in Dien Bien Phu
38th parallel
NK crossing the border of SK
Espionage
Julius and Ethel Rosenburg Americas convicted
Iran
CIA involved here that would have future consequences for the US
Spunit
Russia first launched this satellite
Hawaii
Alaska followed it to join
U-2
International crisis started by Russia, shot down a spy plane
Little rock 9
Pre Eisenhower sent Feds to make sure that they were allowed to enter school
Chiang-Kai-Siek
Leader of the free china
Alger Hiss
Convicted of Eponiage
Strom Thurmand
Candid under the 3rd party (Dixiecrats)
Joe McCarthy
Hunted communist in the government
Adai Steveson
Twice defeated candid for pres
Richard Nixon
Eisenhower vice pres
Earl Warren
Supreme Court Chief Justice
Fidel Castro
Over thrown Cuba; revolutionary rebel
Jones Salk
Developed the first polio vaccine
John Dullies
Eisenhower secondary of start
Syngman Rhea
Head of the SK
Nikita Knlhrisemhev
Head of SU
Jackie Robinson
Baseball player
Eisenhower Doctrine
A speech given by the pres stating that the US would give economic aid to a country threatening another
First casualties of Vietman
Serg Chester Ovnand and Major Dalliee Buis