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Truman is President
After the death of FDR Harry S. Truman takes office. He is known as the ¨accidental president¨ -
Yalta Confrence
It was the start of the Cold War. It was a meeting between Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Premier Joseph Stalin. Originally created to shape a post WW2 world. But, after only a few years it became a subject of controversy. -
Potsdam Conference
It created a formal plan to divide Germany and Austria in to 4 zones. The meeting consisted of Harry S. Truman, Clement Attlee, and Joseph Stalin. -
Church Hills Iron Curtain
This was what the barrier was called that separated Europe into separate areas after the second world war. -
Taft-Hartley Act
A U.S. Federal Law which restricts the activities and power of labor unions. -
Truman Doctrine
A U.S. policy created to support free people in resisting Communism pressures. -
National Security Act
established National Security Council to advise the president on security -
Berlin Blockade
Russia cut all road and rail links to Berlin making Western Berlin have no access to food supplies and they faced starvation. Food was brought to them by US and UK airplanes -
Marshall Plan
US gave $13 billion in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies -
The Bombing of Berlin
caused by the Soviet Union which led the Americans to the Berlin Airlift -
Fair Deal
recommended that all Americans have health insurance, minimum wage should increase, and established that, by law, Americans are guaranteed equal rights -
Formation of West Germany
French, US, and UK partitions of Germany were merged -
NATO Forms
member states are Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the US -
The Second Red Scare
The fear of communism which began to surface in politics, culture, and society in the late 40´s through the 50´s. It was the result of the opening phases of the Cold War and its tie with the Soviet Union.
