Cold War Origins
The Berlin airlift was in response to this
Berlin Blockade
Inflation
This line of latitude divides the Koreas
38 degrees N (38th parallel)
A compilation of names of individuals with suspicious loyalty
Blacklist
Coined the term "iron curtain"
Winston Churchill
Created to oppose NATO
Warsaw Pact
Also know as the Servicemen's Readjustment Act
The GI Bill
Commander of UN forces in Korea
Douglas MacArthur
House Un-American Activities Committee
Define "Hollywood Ten"
group of Hollywood screenwriters and directors who refused to answer questions about their political beliefs
Economic relief plan for post-WWII Europe
Marshall Plan
This outlawed closed shops
Taft-Hartley Bill
Capital of South Korea
Seoul
McCarran Act
Said "home by Christmas"
a promise made by MacArthur to Truman when entering the Korean War
Israel was formed by the division of this region
Palestine
Winner of the 1948 presidential election
Harry S. Truman
This country suffered the most casualties in the Korean War
Korea
Originally a secretary for her husband, she became a congresswoman who opposed Joseph McCarthy
Margaret Chase Smith
Said “Korea is the Greece of the Far East. If we are tough enough now, if we stand up to them like we did in Greece three years ago, they won’t take any next steps."
Harry S. Truman
The first leader of communist China
Mao Zedong
What is an example of a way that Truman helped African Americans
-ended job discrimination at the federal level
-desegregated the armed forces
-instucted the justice dept to enforce civil rights laws
Location of the UN landing in Sept 1950
Inchon
This person claimed to have a list of 205 State Dept. employees who were Communists
Joseph McCarthy
Define "Had Enough?"
Anti-Truman slogan that helped Republicans win congress in 1946