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Chapter 27
Honors American History
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History
9th Grade
03/04/2007

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Harry S Truman
Definition
Born In Independance MO.
Was in World War I
Term
Haberdaser
Definition
mens clothing store
Term
GI Bill of rights
Definition
Ease vetrans into civilization
Loans for houses, farms, buisnesses, and school
Term
Biggest post-war problems
Definition
Inflation
Term
Taft-hartley Act
Definition
Attempt to reverse gains of labor
cooling off periods for buisnesses
Can't be a communist
Passed over Trumans veto
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Levittown
Definition
Assembly line neighboorhoods
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Truman and civil rights
Definition
Civil rights commusoin
Integrated Armed forces in 1948
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Jackie Robinson
Definition
1947
Brooklyn Dodgers
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Election of 1948
Definition
Harry S Truman - Democratic
Tohmas Dewy - Republican
J Strom Thurmond - States' Rights Democratic
Henry A Wallace - Progressive
Term
The fair deal
Definition
Trumans economic program
Expansion of NEw Deal programs
more and more people covered by social security
Housing Act- helped with purchasing homes
National Health Care - doesn't pass
Term
Emergence of UNited Nations
Definition
after world war I it was league of nations
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Yalta a confilict discussed
Definition
Poland and Eastern Europe
STalin gaurenteed "free and unfetterd" elections
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Georger Kennan
Definition
Containment policy - keep communism in Eastern Europe and the soviet union
Long telegram - soviet union is agressive and has expansionist views
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Winston Churchhil
Definition
Iron Curtain Speech 1946 in Fulton MO. Stalin took it as an act of war
Term
Truman Doctrine 1947
Definition
400 million to GReece andTurkey to fight communism
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Marshall plan 47-48
Definition
Part of containment policy
13.5 billion in aid to western europe over 4 years
Fall of Czechoslovakia in feb of 1948
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Berlin Blokade and airlift
Definition
1948 stlin closed off axis of berlin for 1 year we bring supllies
Term
National security act
Definition
1947
creates CIA - central intelligence agency, spy.
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North atlantic treaty organization
Definition
1949 military allience between western europe, canada, and US
Term
Cold War
Definition
Soviets test A-Bomb in 49
Communists take over CHina in 49
Mao Zedong takes over as communist leader
Chinese participation in Korean War in 50
Development of H-Bomb
USSR 9 months later tests H-bomb
Term
Korean War
Definition
1950-1953
Term
38th parallel
Definition
across korean penninsula
US Southern part
Korean Northern Part
Term
June of 1950
Definition
Forces from north invaded south
Term
US retreated to
Definition
Pusan permiter and then went around to Inchon
Term
McAruther decides to cross 38th parallel
Definition
When they get to the Yaluu river, chinese is waiting to attack
Term
Truman and MacAuthur
Definition
MacArthur critized truman, and truman fires him hirse Matheww ?Edgeriver?
Term
US decides to support
Definition
France In vietnam
Term
Truce Negotiations
Definition
POW'S
Term
Second Red Scare
Definition
COMMUNISTS ATTACK!
Term
Hollywood 10
Definition
10 actors that "were communists"
Term
Alger HIss Trial
Definition
Purgury - lieing to congress - Richard NIxon got famous from it
Term
Rosenberg Trial
Definition
worked on atomiuc bomb, gave secrets away
Term
Senator Joseph McCarthy
Definition
Drunk
205 communists in STate Department
Made accusations against Marshall
ON the TV
Helpful to republicans
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