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GI Bill
Veterans of more than two years of service recieved Payed tuition and living expenses. -
Period: to
Trumans Presidency
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Truman Doctrine
Provided $400,000,000 in military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey -
Marhsall Plan
Secretary of State George C Marshall's plan to help rebuild Europe. -
Election of 1948
Truman won the election despite everyone's wishes against the New Deal. He made 400 speeches in 8 weeks on the back of a train. -
Soviets Explode Atom Bomb
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China falls to Communism
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NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization- Military alliance, first one ever created when not in a war. -
Korean War
Between North and South Korea. -
NSC-68
Plan to increase spending from 13 Billion dollars to 50 billion dollars to counter Soviets plan to build an atom bomb.