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Commander of the UN forces at the beginning of the Korean War, however President Harry Truman removed him from his command after MacArthur expressed a desire to bomb Chinese bases in Manchuria. General MacArthur
A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952) Marshall Plan
Communist leader of North Korea: his attack on South Korea in 1950 started the Korean War. He remained in power until 1994. Kim IL Sung
United States politician who unfairly accused many citizens, including members of the U.S. State Department, of being Communists (1908-1957). His downfall came when he claimed the U.S. Army was protecting communists. Sen. Joseph McCarthy
The fighting neared China's border. They push UN forces back to the 38th parallel Chinese troops entered the war in Korea when
Military alliance created in 1949 made up of 12 non-Communist countries including the United States that support each other if attacked. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Ended segregation in the military Harry Truman
Contributed to the economic recovery after World War 2 Consumer demand, cold war, and the Marshall plan
1947, President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology, mainly helped Greece and Turkey Truman Doctrine
A bitter rivalry that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War 2 Cold War
Joint effort by the US and Britain to fly food and supplies into West Berlin after the Soviet blocked off all routes into the city. Berlin Airlift
A symbolic separation of Europe between the Soviets and Western powers. Iron Curtain
A 1948 statement in which the United Nations declared that all humans are born free and equal, elementary education should be free and available to all, and end slavery, torture and inhumane torture. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
After WW2 and the atomic bombs, thousands of families built these in their yards to be safe from possible attacks. Bomb Shelters
Communist dictator of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin
The act of accusing people of disloyalty and communism, spreading fear and making baseless charges. McCarthyism
The site where the armistice was signed during the Korean War. It ended hostilities of the Korean conflict. Panmunjom
East Germany, Poland, Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Albania Countries behind the Iron Curtain
The G.I. Bill of Rights or Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 provided for college or vocational education for returning World War 2 veterans as well as one-year of unemployment compensation. It also provided loans for veterans to buy homes, business (G.I. Bill, 1944) considered an extremely successful government program to both help veterans reenter civilian life and boost the US economy.
Line of latitude that divided Korea - Soviet Union occupied the north and United States occupied the south, during the Cold War. 38th Parallel
Dramatic increase in birthrate in the years following World War 2 Baby Boom
Chinese Communist leader from 1949 to 1976 Mao Zedong
Truman's extension of the New Deal that increased minimum wage, expanded Social Security, federal health insurance program and constructed low-income housing Fair Deal
A specialized agency of the United States that makes loans to countries for economic development, trade promotion, and debt consolidation. It's formal name is the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The World Bank
A U.S. foreign policy adopted by President Harry Truman in the late 1940s, in which the United States tried to stop the spread of communism by creating alliances and helping weak countries resist Soviet advances. Containment
Contributed to the economic recovery after World War 2 consumer demand, cold war, and the Marshall Plan
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