History 1302 Unit 4 Short Answers
1. Describe the Truman Doctrine of 1947 and the components of Truman's Containment Policy. Truman Doctrine of 1947: support free people that resist communism Truman's containment policy: -Marshall Plan: provide extensive aid from US to European countries in exchange for economic revival, free institutions, and power over money control. It was supported by George Marshall (secretary of state). -Truman Doctrine -NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization): 12 nations enter in treaty for collective security, if you attack one then you attack all of them, communism is threat to allow for this alliance.
2. Evaluate the results of the Soviet Union's land blockade of West Berlin -Truman's 2 phase policy: airlift of food/supplies/fuel in W. Berlin, sends v29's outfitted to deliver atomic bombs to Russia -causes Stalin to lift blockade and was a political success for USA
3. Describe the key elements of US defense policy from 1945 to 1960. -unification of all armed services into integrated system -air force emerges as dominant -develop hydrogen bomb -massive expansion of US military and budget to halt Soviets
4. Describe the events that encouraged the rise and contributed to the downfall of McCarthyism rises: the government portrayed Russian communists as hell-bent (propaganda), there was suspicion that there were communist agents, Truman institutes a loyalty oath to work in gov, Alger His trial- he was charged for being communist, China falls to communism, Russians detonate an atomic bomb with help from US spies, Rosenberg's convicted of passing atomic bomb secrets to Russians falls: McCarthy extends attacks to upper levels of army, Joseph McCarthy displayed his true identity at a bad hearing conference, Edward Murrow attacks McCarthy saying he's out of control, Senate censures him out of the government
5. Describe the major foreign policy events of the Eisenhower administration
Eisenhower threatened to use nuclear weapons forcing
2. Evaluate the results of the Soviet Union's land blockade of West Berlin -Truman's 2 phase policy: airlift of food/supplies/fuel in W. Berlin, sends v29's outfitted to deliver atomic bombs to Russia -causes Stalin to lift blockade and was a political success for USA
3. Describe the key elements of US defense policy from 1945 to 1960. -unification of all armed services into integrated system -air force emerges as dominant -develop hydrogen bomb -massive expansion of US military and budget to halt Soviets
4. Describe the events that encouraged the rise and contributed to the downfall of McCarthyism rises: the government portrayed Russian communists as hell-bent (propaganda), there was suspicion that there were communist agents, Truman institutes a loyalty oath to work in gov, Alger His trial- he was charged for being communist, China falls to communism, Russians detonate an atomic bomb with help from US spies, Rosenberg's convicted of passing atomic bomb secrets to Russians falls: McCarthy extends attacks to upper levels of army, Joseph McCarthy displayed his true identity at a bad hearing conference, Edward Murrow attacks McCarthy saying he's out of control, Senate censures him out of the government
5. Describe the major foreign policy events of the Eisenhower administration
Eisenhower threatened to use nuclear weapons forcing