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Criado por samstevenson2014
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Questão | Responda |
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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