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| Winston Churchill, No one could see what going on in the Soviet Union so people thought the worse. |
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| George F. Kennan, to prevent the spread of communism, Late 1940’s |
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| Truman’s pledge to provide economic and military aid to countries threatened by communism. |
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| Reconstruction of Europe after WW2, 1948-’51. |
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| June 1948-May 1949, British and American planes brought supplies to West Berlin. To show the Soviets that they would fight for one city. |
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| April 1949, North Atlantic Treaty Organization. |
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| Soviets reaction to NATO. |
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| Gov. Issue, Servicemen readjustment act of 1944. GI bill gave money to veterans for college, job training, and housing. |
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| ’45-’51 Stimulated post war economy. |
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| WW2 vet. Not allowed to be buried in hometown. Lawyer= Hector Garcia, LB Johnson got him buried in Arlington. |
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| 1946 republican congress shot down fair deal proposed by Truman. |
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| Universal Decl. of Human Rights |
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| banned slavery, torture, inhumane treatment, doesn’t work. |
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| 1948, general agreement on Tariffs and Trade promote economic cooperation. |
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| gets atomic bomb in sept. /aug. 1949. |
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| Chinese nationalist leader. |
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| Chinese Communist leader. |
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| The House on Un-American Activities |
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| focused on finding communist in govt. |
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| group of Hollywood writers and directors who were thought to hold radical political views, blacklisted and put in jail. |
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| fell when he attempted to attack members of the army of being communist, he lost support. |
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| You could not say the US govt should be overthrown. |
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| McCarran Internal Security Act |
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| required communist organizations to register with the govt. |
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| 38 degrees north latitude, divides the southern and northern Korea, south korea went past 38th parallel to attack north Korea. |
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| reunify north and south under communist rule |
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| Leader of democratic south Korea. |
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| McCarther amphibious attack |
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| decides to split korea into two countries ran by US and Soviet Union. |
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| 38th parallel cease fire signed, july 27, 1953 |
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