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Flashcards by samstevenson2014, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by samstevenson2014
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| Question | Answer |
| 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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