HW - Chapter 37: Bailey

Taft-Hartley Act (1947)

The anti-union act that X closed/all-union shops, made unions liable for jurisdictional disputes among themselves, and required a noncommunist oath

All-Union

The first provision of the Taft-Hartley Act, X these types of shops

Jurisdictional Disputes

The second provision of the Taft-Hartley Act, made unions liable for these disputes among themselves

Noncommunist

The third provision of the TaftHartley Act, making unions swear this type of oath

Dr. Benjamin Spock

The author of the Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care for post-war parenting

George F. Keenan

The Soviet specialist and inv. of doctrine saying Russia is relentlessly expansionary but cautious

- Tsarist or comm

Truman Doctrine (1947)

The "get tough w/ Russia" doctrine and year saying US is obligated to help support free ppl. resisting armed minority/outside pressure subjugation

- $400m to Turkey/Greece

Marshall Plan (1947)

The Eur. WW2 relief plan and year that promised $12.5b in 4y for 16 cooperating countries

- X SU B/C "capit. trick"

National Security Act (1947)

The act and year that created the DOD

- Created CIA for nat. security and foreign intelligence affairs

CIA

The government intelligence agency for nat. security and for foreign intelligence

NATO (1949)

The North Atlantic treaty Org. B/C wanted alliance and year

- Senate 82:13 yes

Jiang Jieshi

The Chinese nationalist party leader

- X by Mao and fled to Taiwan (1949)

Mao Tsedong

The Chinese communist party leader

McCarran Internal Security Bill (1950)

The vetoed bill and year that said the Pres. could arrest and detain suspicious ppl. during "internal security emergencies"

- Truman veto overturned by Reps. in Congress

Korean War (1950s)

The war and timeframe B/T NK/SU/China and SK/US/UN B/C X comm. spread

38th Parallel

The parallel dividing SK/NK

- DMZ

- Japan surrendered (1945)

NSC-68 (1950)

The security document and year approving the US spending 4x on defense B/C Korean inv.

Yalu River

The boundary B/T NK/China

- X Macarthur B/C Chinese fought back when he ignored the warnings that there would be pushback

Macarthur Firing (1951)

The event and year when this gen. got fired by Truman B/C insubordination w/ Yalu River

- X "limited war," he wanted total war

Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944

The GI BIll aka Act that made soldiers eligible for free education B/C workforce X handle 15m vets

- $14.5b taxpayer $$ and VA $16.5b vet. loans

Jiang Jieshi

The first reason why the US X omnipotent in 1949 B/C this man got beat out in China and fled to Taiwan

Soviet Union Atomic Bomb

The second reason why the US X omnipotent in 1949 B/C this country launched the first of these 3y earlier than expected so -> Cold War

Alger Hiss

The ex. New Dealer and "Eastern Establishment" member accused of being a communist agent, convicted of perjury (195) and 5y imprisonment

- Sparked fear of spies in US

Joseph McCarthy

The sen. and comm-hunter who targetted the "raw nerve" of communist sympathizing B/C wanted to find "subversives" and spies