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American Pageant Terms 3

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Quiz Guide#18 Alger Hiss: a prominent ex-New Dealer and a distinguished member of the "eastern establishment." accused of being a communist agent in the 1930s. He dramatically met his chief accuser before the Un-American Activities Committee in august but was convicted of perjury. Communist China: The turning point of the Cold War was when China turned "red" because it was the most populous country. Mao Zedong led communist revolution and he won against Jiang (Nationalist with no support). It changes the US policies; making presidents after Truman to vow not to lose any other country to communism.

A People and A Nation Chapters 24 and 25 Study Guide

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George F. Kennan
Truman Doctrine
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Harry S. Truman
Joseph Stalin
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War

Chapters 24 and 25 ? Test Study Guide Chapter 24 ? The Cold War and American Globalism (1945-1961) From Allies to Adversaries Decolonization Imperial states set their colonies free 1943 ? Lebanon gained independence 1946 ? Syria gained independence 1946 ? Jordan gained independence 1946 ? Philippines gained independence from the US 1947 ? Britain relinquished India and Pakistan 1948 ? Britain relinquished Burma and Sri Lanka 1949 ? Dutch left Indonesia British officials in Palestine and Iraq faced tension and pressure Palestine ? Zionists (people who wish for he return of the Jewish homeland) wanted a Jewish homeland and Arab leaders were opposed to this Iraq ? National agitation towards British rule

20th Century Foreign Policy

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Banana Wars
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Roosevelt Corollary
Monroe Doctrine
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APUSH 20th Century Exam Review: Foreign Policy Foreign Policy of the 20th Century Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (1902) ? ?Big Stick Policy? ? Gave Us the power to interfere in W-Hemisphere where needed (for econ reasons/promote democracy) Dollar Diplomacy ? Taft vis-?-vis Latin America ? extended US power into Latin America and E Asia; providing loans and using economic means to influence countries and exhort loyalty Lodge Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (1912) -- Monroe Doctrine applies to colonial powers from Eur too Kept any foreign power/nation from acquiring significant land in W-H Moral or Missionary Diplomacy ? Wilson ? US?s moral responsibility to deny recognition to any Latin America govt that was viewed as hostile to American interests.

APUSH Brinkley cahpter 29.2 Terms

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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Chiang Kai-shek
House Un-American Activities Committee
Joseph Stalin
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Chapter?29.2:?The?Souring?of?the?Peace,?American?Politics?and?Society?After?the?War,? The?Korean?War,?The?Crusade?Against?Subversion? ? Potsdam?Conference? Truman?met?w/?Stalin?to?discuss?Germany.? Confirmed?that?Germany?would?remain? divided?w/?W?zones?into?1?nation,?friendly?to? US?and?Russia?w/?pro?Soviet?communist? govt.? Chiang?Kai?shek?&?The??China?Lobby??? Corrupt?govt.,?feeble?popular?legitimacy,?lived? in?isolation?(unwilling?to?face?problems).? Pro?Chiang?forces.? Mao?Zedong? Communist?army?leader?in?which?China?was? in?a?struggle?with.?In?control?of???of?Chinese? population.? George?F.?Kennan?&?The??Long?Telegram??&? ?Containment?? Influential?American?diplomat?who?warned?that in?Soviet?Union?US?faced?a?political?force?that?

Cold war america 1945-1960

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Cold war america 1945-1960 chapter 26 The Cold war, 1945-1946 WWII set the basic conditions for Cold War rivalry b/c the USSR had been a victim of German aggression in both world wars, Joseph Stalin was determined to prevent the rebuilding & re-arming of its traditional foe; he insisted on a security zone of friendly govts in E. Europe for protection At the Yalta Conference in 2/45, the Allies redrew the map & U.S. & GB agreed to recognize this Soviet ?sphere of influence,? with the proviso that ?free and unfettered elections? would be held as soon as possible. After Yalta, the Soviets made no move to hold the elections & rebuffed Western attempts to reorganize the Soviet-installed govts cold war in europe

1945 vocabulary

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1945-1960 335. President Harry Truman: first president to show positive response to civil rights movement; worked heavily on keeping Soviet spread of communism in check? 336. Jackie Robinson: first African-American in major league baseball 337. Desegregation of Armed Forces (1947): banned racial discrimination in federal practices; To Secure These Rights called for desegregation, anti-lynching, end of poll taxes 338. Dixiecrats, 1948: fought for old Southern way of life (states? rights), attempted to gain higher standing within Democratic party; aimed to deny Truman enough electoral votes to avoid his reelection by nominating Strom Thurmond (SC governor)

American Foreign Policy Outline

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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Cold War
History by period
Foreign policy of the United States
United States law
Military–industrial complex
Containment
Central Intelligence Agency
International relations
Humanities
Criticism of American foreign policy
George F. Kennan
Politics
War
foreign policy

CHAPTER 20 Foreign Policy and Military Policy REVIEWING THE CHAPTER CHAPTER FOCUS This chapter presents a survey of selected topics in United States foreign policy (or rather policies), focusing on the political processes involved in arriving at those policies. After reading and reviewing the material in this chapter, you should be able to do each of the following: 1. List the constitutional powers of the president and compare them with the authority of Congress in foreign affairs. Indicate why it is naive to read the Constitution literally in order to determine which institution has the major responsibility to conduct foreign policy. Explain why the president has a larger role than the Framers intended.

APUSH Chap 27 outline

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Soviet Union–United States relations
Presidency of Harry S. Truman
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Harry S. Truman
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Containment
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Linda Zhang Mrs. Hardgrove APUSH Period 6 APUSH Chapter 27 Outline The Early Cold War US+USSR two most powerful nations USSR wanted to create a buffer zone of friendly governments in Eastern Europe Cold War- a protracted economic, political, and military conflict that spread all around the world Republicans called for return to isolationism Cold War also fostered a climate of fear and suspicion that led to a hunt for ?subversives? in government, education, and the media Cold War was in reality a more complex struggle over a broad range of ideological, economic, and strategic Issues Sources of Conflict Nation?s gross national product soared, growing by 1945 to 3X that of the USSR USSR lost 20 million+ people in WWII (1/9 of pop) USSR greatest asset was its military

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