1.3 Harry S. Truman (KP)

Pregunta	Respuesta
Who was Truman Vice President for?	Franklin D Roosevelt
What date did Roosevelt die?	12 April, 1945
What did Truman do as the new president? Why?	Dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki He feared American soldiers would die if Allies had to invade Japan
What happened to US - Soviet relations after Hitler's death?	Declined
What did Truman suspect of Stalin?	That he planned to expand communism
What 3 things did Truman do to stop him?	1. Marshall Aid 2. Policy of containment 3. Truman Doctrine
What was Marshall Aid?	Approval of investment of millions of dollars in Europe to help from effects of war
What was Containment?	A way of containing communism and stopping it from spreading
What did the truman doctrine promise?	American aid to any government opposing a communist takeover
What did Truman do when Stalin blockaded Berlin in 1948?	He ordered that supplies be airlifted into the city
What did he organise in 1949?	Democratic European countries into North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
Who took power in China 1949?	Communists under Mao Zedong
What did republicans accuse Truman of?	"losing China"
Where did Truman send US troops in 1950? Why?	South Korea To resist invasion by communist north
Who suggested using atom bomb against China?	General McArthur
What gave help to soldiers returning from WW2?	GI Bill of Rights
What did the Republican controlled congress turn down?	The Fair Deal
What did the Fair Deal do?	Provide equal treatment for racial minorities and greater social security and housing for poor
What were his last years of presidency dominated by?	The red scare

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