Lesson 8 Truman and the cold war

U.S. backed leader in China

Chang Kai-shek

Communist leader in China

Mao Zedong

How did Communist win in china?

Chang Kai-shek was secrelty corrupt

How did the UN start as a a UN “police action”

US wanted to repel communism

Whos side was the US on in the Korean war?

South Korea

WHat saved south korea in the korean war?

Inchon Invasion

Whos side was china on in the Korean war?

North Korea

Why did Truman fire MacArthur?

Because he wnated to attack china and says we should drop atomic bombs

How did the Korean War end?

Korea stays split; US loses 54, 000 lives and $67billion; Communism does NOT spread into South Korea

Loyalty Boards

 Republicans call Truman soft on Communism

*House Un-American Activities Committee

A committee of the U.S. House of Representatives that investigated alleged communist activity in the U.S., particularly during the early years of the Cold War

Blacklisting

 actors accused of supporting communist governments

HollyWood ten

– movies with Communist roles

Alger Hiss

state dept. official accused of spying

Rosenburg

• accused of passing atomic secrets

• found guilty and executed

• Posed as married couple; secret documents reveal this as true after 1991

“The buck stops here”

President is ultimately responsible for everything

What was Trumans foreign policy legacy

Atomic Bomb decision

-Marshall Plan

-Truman Doctrine

-Korean War

What was the first major domestic problem

postwar economy

Executive Order 9981

Desegregation of the military

Who won the 1948 Election

Truman

Trumans Domestic Legacy

-Social Policies*****

-begins desegregation policies

-military integration

-Economic and Political Policy****

-tried to extend New Deal

-many of his domestic policies would become reality in the 1960’s