cold war:
continused from yesturday...
Truman doctrine- a speach given by harry truman..a policy to support turkey and greese..we agreed to help[ with military and economic aid.
marshal plan:
it was to bring countries together.. we help rebuild europe and Japan so that they wouldnt go into communism..
House committee on Un-American Activities..
investigative comittee to get rid of communism..
first chairman was Martin Dies..Richard nixon was an active member..
they investigated everybody!! employees, private citizens, and organizations that were suspected..
they arrested a bunch of people because they refused to answer questions about their beleifs..
these investigators were ruining peoples lives! :(
they went to schools.. and they couldnt have speakers or students couldnt have meetings for their groups or project people..
Mcarthy:
he attended yale..he was popular the first years of senate..
he became unpopular because of the malmedy massacre.. he didnt agree but he couldnt really do anything about it because he didnt have proof..
he said that he had a breif case full of names of communisms..his changed his stories all the time so people didnt beleive him..
he didnt get along with Truman..
McCarthyism- a term used from this president..
CHina becoming Communist:
he was the commander of the Long March-the march with the communist
Chiang Kai-shek led china on the second SIno Japeneese war
the chineese civil war.. it split china into 2 republic of china
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