A.M. hist. korean war/ vietnam war
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- big three
- franklin D. Roosevelt-us, Winston Churchill Great Britain, Joseph Stalin-soviet union
- yalta conference
- big three metand made plans for the postwar world.
- who became president after Roosevelt died
- harry s truman
- potsdam conference
- big three divided germany into four zones...US france soviet union and britain...berlin was diveded tnto 4 sections too
- united nations (un)
- british chinese soviet and us ...a new organization to promote world peace
- two major bodies of UN
- Security Council General Assembly
- how many belonged to security council
- 15(5 permanent 10 elcted for two year terms)
- permaneant seats on security council
- france, china, britain, US, Russia
- Nuremberg Trials
- trials acusing nazi soldiers of committing crimes against humanity
- intgernational misitary tiibunal for the Rar EAst
- trials acusing japanese soldiers of committing crimes against hunamity
- UN gerneral assembly divided palestine w/ britain occupied into two states--
- one jewish and one arab
- salellite states
- Soviet armeis helped stablish communist "satellie states" loyal to s.u.
- two superpowers...little in comon economically or politically
- U.S., soviet union...soviet--comunist, us demacracy...both wanted to spread their infuence
- cold war
- struggle between the U.S. and soviet union for global pwer
- truman doctrine
- u.s. would provide economic aid to help foreign countries fight communism...400 mil for greece and turkey
- why did Truman make Truman Doctrine
- soviet union behind revolt of greece...help funded to protect anti-comunist govts of greece and turkey...angered soveit leaders
- marshall plan
- us offered friendly aid to help the nations of Europe rebuild (some europeans thought that communsism would solve their economic troubles) 6 billion
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a - sought to containt the spread of communism by reacting quickly to any soviet back agression, defecnsive strategy...soviets saw as offensive strategy
- effect of engladn, france and us wanted german y independant antion...merged their areas of control to creat country of west germany, divied city of berlin still located in soviet-controlled eastern germany
- angered by proposal blocked off all highway and reail traffic between west berlin and western europe
- berlin airlift
- west berlin could not survive w/o food and necessites from the west-- us and british planes brought food an d supplies to west berlin...planes landed in berlin every minute
- afteroperation vittles (berlin airlift) lasted 321 days s.u didnt wasnt to risk a war and lifted its blockage..same year
- became 2 nations...federal republic of germany west germany and german democratic repulblic east germany
- north atlantic treaty organization
- concern over growing military of su...us canada icland and 9 other european nations formed military alliance pleading to defend others
- what was the bad thing about nata (just like league of nations)
- might require us to go to war without congressional approval
- warsaw pact
- same as nato w/ eastern european nations soviet union created
- NSC-68
- paper argued that su sought to control entire world
- gi bill of rights
- helped keep unemplyment low, offered veterans educational benefitsz to attend colleges and technical schools, also provided vets w/ affordable hoem and business loans, help 9mil
- united mine workers
- 400000 went of strike, turman coundnt negotiate a stettle ment so he placed the mines under govt control
- taft-hartley act
- outlawed a workplace in which job applicants hav eto join a union before they can be hired, also required untion leaders to take an oath saying that they were not communists...pres veto, congress overrode
- dixiecrats
- newly formed states rights party, favored racial segregation and wanted to restrict african american voting rights
- fair deal
- intended to probide full emplyment, a higher minimum wage, and a national health insurance plan...also called for more affordable housing, expanded social security benefits, aid for farmers