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Truman Terms
APUSH Unit 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Postwar boom in higher education and low interest loans for homes and business to stimulate the economy | Gl Bill |
| Florida to California was attractive due to the warmer climate, lower taxes, and economic opportunities in the defense-related industries. | Sunbelt |
| Limited a president to a maximum of two terms in office and was ratified in 1951. | 22nd Amendment |
| Congress is unhappy with inflation and strikes Bill to curbs the power of union and prevents closed shops Truman vetoed and Congress overrides it, puts Truman at odds with congress | Taft Hartley Act |
| Truman’s ambitious reform program where he urged congress to enact several things, including national health care insurance, federal aid for education, civil rights legislation, funds for public housing, and a new farm program. | Fair Deal |
| Nations under the control of a great power. | Satellite States |
| Policy used to govern US foreign policy used mainly towards the Soviet Union. | Containment |
| Truman asked congress in March 1947 for $400 million in economic/military aid to assist the free people of Greece and Turkey against totalitarian regimes. | Truman Doctrine |
| Truman submitted a $17 billion European Recovery Program to congress, where $12 billion was approved for distribution to Western Europe over a 4 year period. | Marshall Plan |
| Truman ordered US planes to fly in supplies to the people of West Germany, while at the same time they sent planes capable of holding atomic bombs to England. | Berlin Airlift |
| Provided for a centralized Department of Defense and the creation of the National Security Council, which coordinated the foreign policies used in the Cold War. | National Security Act of 1947 |
| Joined by the US and Canada, 10 European nations created NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a military alliance that defended countries from outside attacks. | NATO |
| Leader of the Chinese nationalist party who used his power to control the central government. | Chiang Kai-shek |
| Leader of the Chinese communists who gained support by appealing to poor, homeless peasants. | Mao Zedong |
| 1.) Made it unlawful to advocate/support the establishment of a totalitarian government, 2.) Restricted employment and travel of people joining communist-front organizations, and 3.) Authorized the creation of detention camps for subversives. | McCarran Internal Security Act |
| (Un-American Activities Committee) Reactivated in postwar years to find communists. | HUAC |
| 1948 convicted of perjury, not enough evidence to say he was selling science secrets to Russia | Hiss case |
| Trial surrounding Julius and Ethel Rosenburg after an FBI investigation, where they were found guilty of Espionage, treason and executed. | Rosenberg Case |
| Republican senator from Wisconsin who used the concern of communism in his reelection campaign. | Joseph McCarthy |
| Churchill's term/speech to describe the cold war divide between western Europe and Soviet Eastern Europe | Iron Curtain |
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