Truman To Korea Flashcards
What drove Truman’s new policy of aggressive containment of communism?
The failure of appeasement policies towards Hitler in the 1930s.
What does Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech reveal?
Nobody knows what Soviet Russia and its communist international organisation intends to do in the immediate future, or what are the limits, if any, to their expansive and proselytising tendencies.
Determine the meaning of a political cartoon that shows Winston Churchill peeping under an iron curtain that says, “ No admittance. By order Joe.”?
Winston Churchill is attempting to discover the aims of the Soviet Union and in particular “Joe” (Joseph Stalin.) Despite not knowing the details of the Soviet Union’s aspirations, he is well aware of their tendency to expand.
What actions by Truman show the Containment policy in action?
- The Marshall plan- the U.S. give $$$ to decimated countries to support the re-build after WW2. They would be less likely to fall to the benefits offered by communism.
- Turkey and Greece were the first two countries to receive assistance ( the UK was unable to continue to assist them in post-war recovery and they were both at risk of falling under Stalin’s rule)
What were the three western zones in Berlin trying to do?
The three western zones were trying to aid economic recovery as part of the Marshall plan.
Explain the meaning of a political cartoon that shows Truman and Stalin as two taxi drivers trying to get customers. The customers are labelled “Turkey”, “Hungary”, “Bulgaria” and “Austria.”?
“Turkey”, “Hungary”, “Bulgaria” and “Austria” are the nations up for grabs after WW2. Using the Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan and Containment Policy, Truman is persuading the war-ravaged European economies to go on his taxi ( be democratic & pro-western) . On the other hand, the image shows Stalin pushing the people onto his taxi, revealing how he is using military force to get people to go on his Taxi (communism).
Explain the meaning of a political cartoon where two trains, one flying a communist flag and the other a capitalist, are nearing colliding with one another , and running over the picture of Greece that is on the Track?
This cartoon possibly indicates the increasing menace of war between the democratic US and the Communist USSR over nations such as Greece.
Why is it bad for the Allies that Russia takes over China?
Russia+China= unbeatable fighting force in the case of war.
What is the significance of Russia testing its first Atomic bomb?
The USA is now not the only country in the world with this weapon or the ability to threaten its use.
