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Lessons of Munich are

the failure of appeasement in WW2. Do not appease dictators

Stalin demanded control of what territory?

the territory along Soviet borders, which included the Dardanelles located between the Soviet Union and the Mediterranean Sea

A policy of containment provided what

provided washington with a framework for analyzing soviet behavior, this would encourage leaders to provide a counter response to the soviet unions spread of communism

The truman Doctrine said american people must

must help free people threatened by totalitarian regimes

what was included in a new level of american commitment to a Cold War?

it includes an increase in federal spending to fight the spread of communism. This shows an intent to oppose the Soviet Union anywhere in the world.

The Marshall plan was considered what by who

was considered Eurocentric by truman

the Marshall plan was crucial to what

to Western Europes economic recovery

the Soviet did a what where

a land blockade of western Berlin

the Baruch plan ensured what

it ensured the US would dominate any international atomic agency. Soviet response was the ban of all nuclear weapons

what was included in the Hidden costs of a consuming nation?

both private sector spending and public sector spending

The Taft Hartley Act became law over what

over Truman’s veto, restricted power of labor unions

the GI Bill did what

it educated over 2 million

Truman did what during the election of 1948

he fought back. experts predicted that truman would lose, he won, Democrats won both the house and the senate

In the Fair Deal what did Truman hope for

he hoped to keep farmers and labors however, he was unable to forge a working coalition between farms and labor

What was in the Shocks of 1949?

Soviet Union obtained the bomb, China’s fall to communists, and the Alger Hiss perjury conviction (1949); high ranking american government official convicted of lying about his association with a known communist

The administration the house of rep and the senate all conducted what in the loyalty crusade

conducted probes of possible subversive activity

Senator joseph McCarthy’s popularity in his crusade against domestic Communists finally began to slide after what

after McCarthy was televised badgering witnesses and mocking Senate procedures during Sentae hearings

what was Americas official position?

the official position was an authorized police agent of the United Nations

Europe came before what?

Asia. Eurocentric

the US signed what

signed armistice which ended the police action. this ended the war in korea after a stalemate and korea remained divided