The Beginning of the Cold War

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The Beginning of the Cold War
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Soviet-American Tensions

• Capitalism vs Communism
• The Yalta Conference
• The United Nations
• Occupation of Poland
• Lublin Poles vs. London Poles
• Occupation of Germany
• Atomic bomb

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The Big Three
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Containment

• Chinas fall to communism
• Chiang vs. Mao Zedong
• Revival of Japan
• Truman Doctrine
• Marshall Plan
• Sec. of State George C. Marshall
• Economic Cooperation Administration

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President Truman
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Containment (cont)

• Preparedness
• Selective Service System
• Atomic Energy Commission
• National Security Act
• Department of Defense
• National Security Council
• CIA

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Division of Germany

• Federal Republic
• Democratic Republic
• NATO
• Warsaw Pact

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U.S. Economy

• Servicemens Readjustment Act
• Labor unrest
• Strikes
• Displaced workers
• Trumans Fair Deal
• Social Security benefits
• Fair Employment Practices Act
• Conservatism
• Taft-Hartley Act

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The Election of 1948

• Democrats divided
• Dixiecrat Party
• Strom Thurmond
• Americans for Democratic Action
• Thomas Dewey-Republican
• Good for nothing Congress

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Trumans Fair Deal Revised

• Minimum wage
• Social Security
• National Housing Act
• Civil rights legislation
• Fair Employment Practices Committee
• Discrimination and Segregation

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The Korean War

• 38th Parallel
• Communist north
• Pro-western south
• A Civil War
• U.S. defense perimeter
• UN Assistance
• General Douglas MacArthur
• Chinese involvement
• The Martin Letter
• Truman fires MacArthur
• Korean war results

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General Douglas MacArthur
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The U.S. During the Korean War

• Economy
• Office of Defense Mobilization
• Labor strikes
• Anxiety grows regarding communism

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Subversion in America

• House Un-American Activities Commission
• The evils of Hollywood
• The Hollywood Ten
• blacklist
• Federal Loyalty Program
• Hoover Files
• McCarran Internal Security Act
• The Rosenberg Case
• McCarthyism
• Joseph McCarthy

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Senator Joe McCarthy
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The Rosenbergs
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Election of 1952

• Adlai Stevenson
• Dwight Eisenhower
• Richard M. Nixon
• Republican Victory

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We Like Ike
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Dwight Eisenhower