The Cold War & The Affluent Society Flashcards
Casablanca conference
unconditional surrender from Axis powers
Teheran conference
Roosevelt promised a second front
Yalta conference
Soviet Union would regain lost territory
United Nations
five nation security council (US, Soviet Union, China, France, Great Britain); quickly ratified by US Congress
Poland
US wanted to reinstate the former Polish government (Western-friendly), USSR wanted to set up a procommunist government
Germany
US wanted to reconstruct and reunite, USSR wanted to keep split and have harsh war reparations; four zones (US, GB, France, USSR)
“Get Tough” policy
everyone knew right away that Truman would be tough with the Soviets; the policy demanded that the US got 85% of what it wanted, had to settle for much less
Containment policy
contain the threat of further Soviet/communist expansion
Truman doctrine
directed especially to Greece and Turkey to bolster their armed forces, the US was indirectly involved with them
Marshall Plan
partly humanitarian, partly to support trade and market growth, partly to strengthen nations that could be taken over by communists
National Security Act of 1947
created the Dept. of Defense, NSC, and CIA
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, attack one country and attack them all; Truman sent an airlift to the blockade Stalin had set up in West Berlin
the Korean War
\+ started when NK invaded SK \+ Syngman Rhee and Kim Il Sung \+ China joined NK \+ MacArthur released \+ first test of the US policy of containment
HUAC
House Un-American Activities Committee, investigated communist infiltration in the government
McCarran International Security Act
required communist groups to register with the government
