AMERICA-Truman Flashcards
(39 cards)
When did Russia become the world’s first Communist Nation?
1917
Name the big 3 leaders who met at both Teheran 1943 and Yalta, Feb 1945
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
Name the big 3 leaders who met at Potsdam
Truman
Atlee
Stalin
Name 3 issues that divided the leaders during and after Potsdam
Poland
The Atom Bomb
Reparations
Russian occupation of eastern Europe
What did George Kennan argue for in his Long Telegram of February 1946?
He argued for a doctrine of containment so as to resist Russian expansionism
Where and when did Churchill heighten the Cold War? What did he say?
Churchill spoke in March 1946 at Fulton, Missouri.
He spoke of an Iron curtain descending across Europe
Where were there serious disputes in 1946 which caused the Cold War to escalate?
Greece
Turkey
Germany
What 2 methods did the US and the Soveits use to carry out the Cold War?
War by Proxy
Espionage/ Covert Warfare
When did Truman make his Truman Doctrine speech and how much did he ask for help?
In March 1947
He asked for $400 million in aid
How did Truman win over the support of the public for his Truman Doctrine?
He presented the issues in black and white/ good vs evil
Why did Marshall announce his Marshall Plan in June 1947? (2)
Marshall believed that the devastation in Europe was the ideal breeding ground for Communism
And there were already large Communist parties in France and Italy
Why was the Marshall Plan not called the Truman Plan?
Truman argued that if it had his name on it Congress would reject it
“it will quiver a couple of times and die”
What was the ‘Red Scare’ ?
Anti-Communist hysteria
Who were the ‘Hollywood 10’?
A group of writers and directors who were or had been members of the Communist party
Who advised Truman to ‘scare the hell’ out of the American people so as to gain support for the Truman Doctrine ??
Senator Vandenberg
Why could Truman be classes as 2-faced over the 1950 Internal Securtiy McCarran Act?
He wanted to defend his government from charges that it was lax on security but he also wanted to defend civil liberties
How many FBI investigations were there between 1947 and 1952? How many resignations and how many dismissals were there??
3m investigations
Several thousand resignations
1000 dismissals
How did Truman describe the ‘Red Scare’ ?
A load of baloney and nonsense
Why did the anti-Communist Scared heighten in 1949? (2)
The Russians exploded the atom bomb
China became Communist
Name the high profile spy scandals of early 1950
Klaus Fuchs, Alger Hiss and the Rosenbergs
According to the Spring poll of 1948, how many Americans thought that Truman was too soft on the Soviets??
73% of Americans
How did the Tydings Committee of the Senate describe McCarthys charges?
Fraud and a hoax
During the ‘witch-hunt’ of 1952-53 how many state and local government employees, teachers and college professors lost their jobs?
500 state employees
600 teachers
150 college professors
How many Americans were deported during the witch-hunt ?
150
