Truman Flash cards 1945-1952

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American Exceptionalism
- The idea that America is unique or exceptional which has become a popular part of conservative American thinking.
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Communism
- A type of government where all property, business, and wealth is state owned and is shared equally amongst the people.
- Shared Wealth
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McCarthyism
- Senator Jospeh McCarthy accustions of US civilians of being communist.
- Usually the accusations were aimed to government officials
- HUAC was set up to investigate Communist's threats
- Klaus Fuchs, Rosenberg's & Alger Hiss were convicted of espionage
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World Economic compared to the US
- International Monetary Fund and World Bank created after WWII
- Bretton-Woods is a economic system - value of all currencies were linked to the value of the US $.
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Economic differences in US society
-Very Rich, Rockefellers
- Rich, Kennedy's
- Comfortable, Truman's in Laws
- Very Poor, Sharecroppers in the south
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Civil Rights
- GI Bill of Rights granted black veterans money or education
- NAACP membership rose for 50,000-450,000 during the war
- 1950 NAACP won battles in supreme court, Henderson v. US (railroad dining cars desegregated), McLaurin vs Oklahoma state, Sweat v. Pa
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Marshall plan and Truman doctrine
- US policy of prevting the spread of communism by providing funds to help non communist countries
- $13 billion was given in aid to important trading partners and potential allies
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Civil Rights problem
- Jim Crow laws used in the south to allow for segreagition to occur
Plessy vs Ferguson 1897 to deem that segregation is constitutional
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1st Berlin Crisis
- 1948 Stalin blocks any access from West Germany into West Berlin
- Truman responds by airlifting supplies into west Berlin
1949 Stalin ended the blockade
- 1949 NATO was created and Trizonia became known as West Germany
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Truman's response to Asia
- 1949 China becomes a communist nation
under Mao Zedong
- Truman gives aid to French in Vietnam
- 1950 Truman leads US into Korea
- Communist expansion was seen as dangerous
- Senator McCarthy and his accusations
- Republican pressure from losing China
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Economy
- Switch from Wartime to consumerism
- Baby Boom
- 1945-1946 inflation of 25%
- 1946, 800,000 steelworkers & 400,000 miners strike
- 1947 Taft Harley Act, limited unions power
- Minimum wage increased from $0.40 to $0.75
- Housing act 1949 promised 810,
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Congressional and presidential relations
- Relations between the 2 were poor
- Truman vetoed 250 Bills
- congress overruled 12 of them
- 22nd amendment by congress limited president to 2 terms
- Conservative democrat's saw H.S.T as to liberal on Trade Unions and Civil Rights
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Card 2

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- A type of government where all property, business, and wealth is state owned and is shared equally amongst the people.
- Shared Wealth

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Communism

Card 3

Front

- Senator Jospeh McCarthy accustions of US civilians of being communist.
- Usually the accusations were aimed to government officials
- HUAC was set up to investigate Communist's threats
- Klaus Fuchs, Rosenberg's & Alger Hiss were convicted of espionage

Back

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Card 4

Front

- International Monetary Fund and World Bank created after WWII
- Bretton-Woods is a economic system - value of all currencies were linked to the value of the US $.

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

-Very Rich, Rockefellers
- Rich, Kennedy's
- Comfortable, Truman's in Laws
- Very Poor, Sharecroppers in the south

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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