AMH2020 7 17 13 Chapter 36 Early Cold War 1945 1952 1944 1945 1945 1946 1946 1947 Servicemen s Readjustment Act o GI Bill of Rights Bretton Woods Economic Conference o Allies established IMF and World Bank to regulate currency levels and aid underdeveloped countries Employment Act created Council of Economic Advisors Churchill speech at Westminster College Fulton MO Containment Outlined o George F Kennan o Firm and vigilant containment necessary to check Soviet expansion 1947 Truman Doctrine o Truman s universal pledge of support for any people fighting any Communist or Communist inspired threat Marshall Plan o Massive aid to rebuild postwar Europe o Capitalist democratic governments o George C Marshall Taft Hartley Act o Outlawed closed shop o Required non communist oath by all union members o Also required to get a job o Create union liability National Security Act o Created Departments of Defense National Security Council Central Intelligence Agency 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 Israel founded Truman defeated Dewey NATO Established Soviets detonated first nuclear weapon Berlin Airlift Postwar growth Senator Eugene McCarthy began investigating Communist infiltrators McCarran Internal Security Bill o Authorized president to arrest and detain suspicious people during internal security emergency Korean War began Truman fired MacArthur United States detonated first hydrogen bomb o Thermonuclear weapon 1000x more destructive than the atomic bomb o Enewetak Atoll November 1 1953 Tough Decisions Atomic bomb Joining NATO Truman Doctrine Firing MacCarthur Sending troops to Korea Desegregating the armed forces Desegregating civil service Veto Taft Hartley Act Israel DO at least 9 and explain in logical way for 100
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