age of containment Flashcards
what is the traditional explantion to the cold war?
Blmaes soviets and assrets US had the hardes line possible
Why was trumans role critical?
Relied on hard lined advisors
what was source of soviet american friction?
a bomb
what allowed the us to keep atomic monopoly, but made other countries stop?
the baruch plan of 1946
who refused to accept the baruch plan
soviets
what did they want to conbat in greece?
communism
how much did congress give greece and turkey to help end communism
$400 million
in march 1947 what boards to investigate backrounds of employees
loyalty
what was the attorney general autherized to do
identify groups it considered subversive
what did document reveal?
Depth of soviet penetration
who were th close ties between?
moscow and the communist party of the US
what information did the soviets begin to gather in 1944
atomic information
what did the national security act of 1947 include?
- defense dapartment
- national security council
- air force
- central intelligence agency
what linked economic polices in western europe to containment?
the marshall plan
what were the US funds used for? how much did they give?
to help western european government to work together for post war economic reconstuction. $13 billion
what did solviets have to consolidate?
their own position on eastern europe
what was key to the european recovey?
stability in germany
june 1948 who annouced a plan for currency reform?
britan france US
what did the soviets worry about
germany gaining strengh
what did the soviets cut west berlin fron accesing
highway, rail and water
what failed may 1949
soviet blockade
what stood as the symbol of the cold war divitions
berlin wall; the divided city of berlin
what helped truman win the election in 1948
concerns about national security
what atractted voters
tough forgein policy
