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Truman

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The Cold War The largely political clash between the two super powers and their allies that emerged following world war 2
Executive Order 9981 Signed by Harry Truman on July 26, 1948, abolished racial discrimination in the U.S. Armed Forces
Trumans Fair Deal Truman's plans for domestic policy reforms including national health insurance, public housing, civil rights legislation, and federal aid to education
What: Potsdam Conference Finalize the terms of the post-war peace. set up 4 zones of conception in Germany. USSR will join war against Japan
What: Iron Curtain Speech Former British prime minister Winston Churchill condemns the soviet unions policies in Europe
What: Containment Policy U.S. foreign policy during the cold war
Truman Doctrine United States needed to provide military and economic assistance to protect nations from communists aggression
What: Marshall Plan provide more than $15 billion to help finance rebuilding efforts in Western Europe. in addition one of the stated goals was to halt the spread communism on European continent
Why: Berlin Airlift On May 12, 1949, the soviets lifted the blockade and reopened the roads, canals, and railway routes into the western half of the city. successful first test of the containment policy
NATO a mutual defense pact aimed at containing possible soviet aggression against western Europe
Warsaw Pact A mutual defense organization that put the soviets in command of the armed forces of the member states.
Korean War In all, some 5 million soldiers and civilians lost their lives and the peninsula is still divided today
Israeli Independence First Jewish state in 2,000 years. 5 Arab nations immediately invaded the region in what became known as the 1948 Arab-Israeli War
Military and economic aid provided to countries under threat of communism by the Truman Doctrine
Greece and Turkey The first to come under threat of communism after WW2 and needed assistance under the Truman doctrine
What: Berlin Airlift In June 1948 the Russians who wanted the city all for themselves closed all highway, railroads, and canals from western occupied Germany into western occupied Berlin
Why: Marshall Plan BY the time of the plans last year, 1952, economic growth in the countries that had received funds had surpassed pre war levels. By and Large was generally lauded for the desperately needed boost it gave Americas European allies.
Who: Truman Doctrine Greece and Turkey first, then any nation attempting to stop communist aggression
What: NATO and warsaw pact Rival military alliances, mutual defense organizations
Why: Potsdam conference (July- August 1945) Beginning of the Cold War
Quote about Berlin Airlift although we started by carrying coal, the loads varied, most of them being food stuffs, such as dehydrated potato. The dirtiest cargo from our point of view was soya flour... a fine powder settled everywhere, especially, it seemed on ... our uniforms
Quote: about Truman Doctrine I believe we must assist free people to work out their own destinies in their own way. I believe that our help should be primarily through economic and financial aid which is essential to economic stability and orderly political processes
Quote about Marshall plan In many counries, confidence in the local currency has been severly shaken. The breakdown of the buisness structure of Europe during the war was complete. But even given a more prompt solution of these difficult problems the rehibilitation of the economic
Quote about North Atlantic Treaty Organization The parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered on attack against them all
Quote about Iron curtain speech Behind that line lie all the capitals of snicient states of Central and Eastern Europe, Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest, and Sofa, all of these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what i must call the soviet
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