Chapter 27
China Attacks
As the UN forces advanced, the U.S. received a warning from the Chinese stating that if the invasion continued China would send its army to support North Korea.
Civil rights legislation
Ended separation in races
Marshall Plan
Program of economic aid for Europe that became a vital part of the policy of containment.
Inchon
In September, UN forces made a daring landing midway on the Korean peninsula near the port Inchon.
Taft-Hartley Bill
In Spring of 1947 the Taft-Hartley bill limited the actions workers could take against their employers
Truman Doctrine
A commitment to help nations threatened by communism and Soviet expansion.
Cold War
A war in which the two enemies did not actually fight each other. Instead each nation began building up its military forces and arms to intimidate the other.
End of the war
Both sides of Korea began negotiations in July of 1951 the talks lasted for 2 years before a cease fire agreement was signed on July 27, 1953.
Iron Curtain
Belief that the division between East and West Europe was permanent
CIA
Central Intelligence agency-aids American foreign policy by collecting information about what is going on in other countries, evaluating it, and passing it on to the president and other foreign-policy decision makers.
Berlin Airlift
Delivered tons of supplies to West Berlin day and night for more than 10 months.
Dixiecrats
Democratic party
Yalta Conference
February 1945 the "Big Three" allied leaders- Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin- met at Yalta, a port on the Black Sea. They Discussed issues affecting the postwar world.
Warsaw Pact
Had a military force that the Soviet Union controlled.
Douglas MacArthur
Hero of WWII, commanded the UN forces
HUAC investigation
House un-American activities committee; they would investigate communist subversion in the nation
Communism in China
Mao Zedong formed a new communist state, the peopleʻs republic of China.
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization: the agreement stated that "an armed attack against one or more of the member nations shall be considered an attack against all." Also, created a large military force.
Invasion of South Korea
On June 25, 1950 the armies of North Korea decided to cross the 38th parallel into South Korea.
Fair Deal
Plan of domestic reforms aimed at solving some of the nationʻs economic problems created by Truman in September of 1945
United nations response
President Truman asked the UN to send forces to defend South Korea.
NSC 68
Said that the U.S. must actively foster the seeds of destruction within the Soviet Union and fight communist movements wherever they arose.
G.I. Bill
Servicemenʻs Readjustment act-provided billions of dollars in loans to help return GIʻs-soldiers, sailors, and marines-attend college, etc.
United Nations
Settle disputes between nations and prevent future wars
Berlin Blockade
Stalinʻs answer to the Westʻs plans for West Germany.
Divided Germany
The allies decided to divide Germany into four zones. The Soviet Union, United States, Britain and France would each control a zone.
1948 election
Truman seemed to be the underdog, campaigned aggressively until day of election, on election day experts expected Dewey to win. Everyone was surprised when Truman won
Containment
U.S. would try to contain Soviet expansion through limited military means and nonmilitary means in areas of the world that were of strategic importance to the U.S.
National Security Act
Unified the army, navy, marines, and air force under the Department of defense
Alger Hiss
a government agent who was accused of giving secret documents to the soviet union
Demilitarized zone
a region where military forces could not enter-between North and South Korea
Stalemate
a situation in which neither side was able to gain much ground or achieve a decisive victory.
McCarthy Hearing
accusing many people of being communist without proof
McCarran Act
communist organizations that would register with the government and have to give a list of all their numbers for the government
MacArthurʻs firing
created a storm of protest in the U.S.
Divided Korea
divided the peninsula in half along the 38th parallel of latitude, with the Soviets controlling North Korea and the Americans controlling South Korea.
Red Scare
massive hunt to find or uncover communist, billions of government workers had to undergo security checks and were investigated by the F.B.I.
Communist Sympathizers
people who were friendly to communist people
Communist Subversion
the fear that the government would sabotage them
Julius and Ethel Rosenburg
they were a couple accused of plotting to pass secret information about the atomic bomb
Censure
to formally criticize
Loyalty Oaths
when people would have to sign oaths saying they are loyal to the U.S.
