truman

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1945 atomic bombs
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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what did George kennans long telegram warn of
the red scare
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what speech by an ex British prime minister occurred in 1946
Churchills iron curtain
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when did northern korean troops cross the 38th parallel
1950
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end of segregation in the armed forces
1948
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who was william hastie
the first black judge
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the loss of china
1949
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seperate but equal 1892
plessy vs fergison
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what guaranteed all citizens equality
14th amendment
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de facto
north
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de jure
south
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double v campaign
1942
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positives of to secure these rights
outlawed discrimination in the armed forces, inauguration ceremony was desegregated, fair employment board, put civil rights on the political agenda
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negatives of to secure these rights
fair employment board lacked funding, did not pass any laws, did not effect the south.
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speech to the naacp
1947
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rulled against restrictive covenants that ruled against blacks buying houses in white areas
shelly vs kramer
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dixicrat split
1945, pro segregation (more conservative)
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truman doctrine
$250 million - greece and $150 million for turkey to prevent them falling to communism
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reasons for the containment policy
anxiety caused by greece and turkey, to oppose the spread of soviet influence, us desire fop others to accept their ideologies
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the marshall plan is...
altruistic
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berlin blockade
1947 stalin prevented the movement of supplies into berlin
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berlin airlift
1948, 5000 tones a day, ended in 1949
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GI bill 1944
ex servicemen were given 52 weeks unemployment pay
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employment act
1946, maximum employment and productivity
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the hollywood 10
a group of writers and directors who were accused of being communist party members
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alger hiss
a us government official who aided Roosevelt at Yalta, accused of being a communist spy
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rosenbergs
executed for being found guilty of espionage (passing secrets about the atomic bombs to the soviets)
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