2. Containment Containment – not allow Communism to spread
Truman Doctrine – military support and aid to stop spread of Communism
Marshall Plan – economic support ($$$$$) to stop spread of Communism
Truman struggles with containment
Successes (when did it work)
Failures (when did it fail)
Berlin – airlift to supply cut off city till Soviets give in
Korea – Don’t allow communist to take over S. Korea
Greece - Greek guerilla try to topple Greek government – pledge 400 million (Truman doctrine)
Turkey–soviets want control of Dardanelles strait – pledge 400 million (Truman Doctrine)
Iran – Force soviet withdrawal from Iranian pipe lines
China – Mao Zedong (communist) overthrows Chaing Kai Shek
Korea – North Korea lost to Communism
Eastern Europe – satellite nations created by USSR

3. New Look
3 phases of “New look”: no large expensive army, prepare to use atomic bomb
Massive Retaliation: threat of nuclear bomb
Brinkmanship: willingness to go to edge of war to get others to back down (Play chicken)
Covert operations: hidden CIA
Effectiveness of Eisenhower Foreign Policy . . .
Successes (when did it work)
Failures (when did it fail)
Cut billions in spending on Army
B52, ICBM
Korean War – July 1953
Chinese back down in Taiwan
Iran & Guatemala
covert overthrow anti-American government
Suez Crisis- Egypt seize control of canal
Brit & France invade under US pressure, Egypt
accept soviet aide
Broadcast Khrushchev secret speech
Hungry revolt, soviets crush
Cause more fear of capitalism by Communist
Captured spy plan in Russia, break down soviet
talks

4. Fair Deal Truman was best known for dropping Atomic Bomb
Election of 1948
What new political parties formed? Why?
Progressive party – Truman not liberal enough
Dixiecrats – against Truman Civil Right agenda
Truman (D) V Dewey (R)
How did Truman win? Called Congress “Do-nothing”, didn’t help Americans

5. Truman struggles against Republican Congress
Successes
Raise minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents
Expanded Social Security
National Housing Act – 800,000 in low income housing
Failures
No National health care
No subsidies for farmers
No federal aid to schools
Oppose civil rights legislation

6. Dynamic Conservative Eisenhower best known for being WWII general
Election of 1952
Who was his Vice President? Richard Nixon
What was the deal with the checkers speech? Accused of taking funds, said all money went to campaign but did receive Dog (checkers) and they were going to keep it

7. Eisenhower tried to balance economic conservatism with activism
Conservative
End government price and rent control
Curb federal budget
Veto bill for school construction
slash low income housing
Moderate tax reductions
Decrease aid to New Deal (TN valley authority)
Abolish Reconstruction Finance Corp
Activism
Federal Highway Act (largest public works)
Great lakes-St Lawrence Seaway to connect Great Lakes to Atlantic Ocean
Expand Social Security
Increase unemployment compensation
Raise minimum wage from 75 cents to $1