The Cold War Abroad and at Home
The Truman Doctrine
The Marshall Plan Secretary of State George C. Marshall Aka: the European Recovery Program Congress approved in 1948 Soviets refused to accept aid France, UK, W. Germany, Belgium, Italy, Norway, Denmark, Greece, Turkey, & 8 other European nations received loans and grants of $13 billion over 4 years
Extreme measure to stop the exodus from E. Europe
Partitioning of Berlin, 1949
A Massive Operation
Berlin Airlift 2.5 West Berliners June 1948/ Sept. ’49 200,000 flights 13,000 tons per day Food, fuel, medicine C-47 & C-54 planes 77 men died including 31 Americans
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization 1946: Louis St. Laurent proposed idea Truman agreed 1949 Charter Canada, USA, Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Portugal Collective security
Warsaw Pact 1955 Soviet Union’s answer to NATO Military Alliance USSR, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, East Germany, Hungary, Romania
Soviets Get the Bomb Sept Truman reports explosion in the USSR 1952 first U.S. thermonuclear test
China Falls to Communism Nationalists vs. Communists since 1920s United against Japan in WWII Split after Japan left U.S. support Jiang Jieshi & Nationalists 1949 Mao in Peking
Cold War At Home Active Communist party during Depression WWII changed acceptance Anti-Communist crusade persecutes members and former members. Knowledge of espionage fueled fears Truman established “Loyalty Review Board” for Federal employees Several million examined
HUAC The House Un-American Activities Committee (est. 1938) 1947 HUAC accused Hollywood Ten “Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist party?” Fifth Amendment plea led to jail sentences Paranoia led to “blacklisting”
McCarran-Walter Act 1952 Congress passed this law establishing quotas for immigrants from Asia, Southern and Central Europe Truman vetoed McCarran-Walter Congress overrode the veto
Spy Cases Alger Hiss, former high ranking State Dept. official; accused by Whittaker Chambers Convicted of Perjury and sentenced to 4 years in prison Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Passing atomic weapon secrets to Soviet Union during WWII
Alger Hiss Soviet Spy Richard Nixon Commie Slayer
TREASON Convicted spies Julius & Ethel RosenbergTheir innocent sons