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| US will support Greece and Turkey against Soviet takeover…unofficial start of cold war |
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| US, UK, France, Poland, Soviet Union, Chinese |
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| Concentration, Work camps |
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| When US supplied UK, China, France, and other allied nations war material between 1941 and 1945. |
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| US gives 13 billion dollars to European countries to rebuild after war. |
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| Same as Marshall plan, only for Soviet supporters |
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| - camps set up around the country where Japanese-Americans were sent in fear that they were working for the Japanese army. |
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| - first American to receive social security check |
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| - involved in establishment of U.N. Accused of being a Soviet spy. Convicted of perjury. Served 44 months in jail. |
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| U.S. came to South Korea’s aid against North Korea. General MacArthur lead, then was replaced by Ridgway. |
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| demolishes Hoover in 1932 election, he is the voice of the people. Him and Eleanor have lots of kids. |
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| Journalist, first lady, activist, human rights advocate (also said to have affair with Joseph Lash) |
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| March 1931, 9 black guys accused of raping 2 girls |
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| Replaced TR and Wilsons policies of military intervention (panama canal), made it non military and mainly economic, US wasn’t going to retreat from Latin American, Pan American Union |
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| Great Engineer, Stanford education, didn’t believe in govt. intervention, blamed for great depression, not flexible enough |
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| (Summer 1932) WW1 vets marched to White House, wanted their bonus checks early. Setup bonus/shanty towns. 12-15k total, only 2k left after Congress defeated early payment bill. Hoover orders McArthur to come in with army and evict them. Many die. |
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(1937) “Cash and Carry”, if you had money and transportation, we sold you weapons. No credit extended. Reinvigorated isolationist sentiment in US. |
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| black Tuesday Oct 29 29 market crashed. Comfort to poverty. Lots of suicides and hobos. No public relief, Hoovers RFC Reconstruction Finance Corps 1932 loaned companies money not to go bankrupt. |
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| “kingfish”, “Share the wealth” Governor of Louisiana and Senator. Created Share our Wealth program, “Everyman a King”. Redistrib. Measures in the form of a net asset tax on corporations and individuals to curb poverty. |
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| community leaders that advised FDR about blacks |
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| Tent Cities, built by homeless people during the Great Depression. They were named after the President of the United States at the time, Herbert Hoover, because he allegedly let the nation slide into depression. |
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(House Un-American Activities Committee) committee created to investigate people who had communist ties |
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The Atlantic Charter was a pivotal policy statement first issued in August 1941 that early in World War II defined the Allied goals for the post-war world. It was drafted by the heads of Britain and the United States, and later agreed to by all the Allies. The Charter stated the ideal goals of the war: no territorial aggrandizement; no territorial changes made against the wishes of the people; restoration of self-government to those deprived of it; free access to raw materials; reduction of trade restrictions; global cooperation to secure better economic and social conditions for all; freedom from fear and want; freedom of the seas; and abandonment of the use of force, as well as disarmament of aggressor nations.
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(Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937) FDR added another Justice to Supreme court and raised age to 70 1/2, never approved.
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Detroit Priest & Radio talk show host. (wanted wealth to be given to “worth” people) |
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| (1939-1945) Dec 7 1941 Pearl Harbor is bombed, FDR dies and Truman becomes President april 1945, US drops atomic bomb aug 1945, Hitler attacks Russia |
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| First lady appointed to US Cabinet under FDR. Helped pulled labor movement into the New Deal Coalition |
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| advisor, diplomat, political scientist, historian, known as the father of containment and key figure in the emergence of Cold War. His writings inspired the Truman Doctrine and US foreign policy of containing the Soviet Union. |
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| US policy using military, economic, and diplomatic strategies to stall the spread of communism, enhance America’s security and influence abroad, and prevent a "domino effect". |
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| US and USSR 1947-1991 Never clashed but they expressed the conflict through military coalitions, strategic conventional force deployments, extensive aid to states deemed vulnerable, proxy wars, espionage, propaganda, conventional and nuclear arms races, appeals to neutral nations, rivalry at sports events, and technological competitions such as the Space Race. |
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| US Senator from Wisconsin. Made claims of large # of communists and spies in US govt. His acts were called McCarthyism. |
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| was a 58 formerly classified report by US National Security Council. Made public in 70s. Was a report requested by Truman, led by Paul Nitze, it pledged the US not only to contain communism, but to take a further step to drive back Communist influence wherever it appeared and to "foster the seeds of destruction within the Soviet Union" |
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| Civilian Conservation Corps. 1933-42 public work relief program in the United States for unemployed. Part of FDR New Deal, great depression.The CCC was designed to provide employment for young men in relief families who had difficulty finding jobs during the Great Depression while at the same time implementing a general natural resource conservation program in every state and territory. |
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| Tennessee Valley Authority formed in 33, to provide navigation, floodcontrol, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly affected by the Great Depression. |
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| Works Progress Admin, largest and most ambitious New Deal agency, employing millions to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads, and operated large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects. It fed children and redistributed food, clothing, and housing. Almost every community in the United States had a park, bridge or school |
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