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Roosevelt wanted to combine the socialist and capatalist aspects of oth nations to try and defeat Hitler(
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This timeline includes important events of the Cold War in relevance to my paper
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Russia and Germany sign a non agression pact. Americans become angry with the USSR. People begin to associate Communism with fascism.
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The attack on Finland by Russia outrages Americans. The reason Russia attacked Finland because they refused the Soviet's demand for more territory and military bases.
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Hitler invades Russia despit ethe nonagression pact, to gain more land.
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Agreements made by FDR and Winston Churchill about some principles that the world was to abide by.
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Roughly only a few days after Pearl Harbor, Hitler declares war on the United States.
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The GI bill which gave more oppportunites to soliders back from the war are given more benefits.
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The Conference between Soviet Russia, America and Britian begins.
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Truman becomes president after Roosevelt dies.
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Roosevelt passes away ending his presidency
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Grain harvest sinks to 39.6 million tons when it was 95.5 originally.
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George Kennan's analysis of foreign policy.
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The speech by James Byrnes on Germany.
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Henry Wallace's speech expresses his communist symphathizer vies.
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This article published in 1946 talks about the polcy of containent. This policy was to contain Soviet pressure against other free parts of the world. It was mainly to slow down soviet threats
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Development that made sure that Commmunists or communist sympathiers were given the properr treatment.
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In 1947, the issue of providing aid to greece and turkey arose when the British government delivered the news that they could no longer financially support these two nations.
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The truman doctrine speech was the first time that Truman really said anything against Russia. This is a very big turning point.
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This executive order created loyalty boards within federal gency to make sure that no employee was a threat to security.
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George C. Marshall annouces Marshall plan.
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Act created to reduce the power of labor unions.
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The proposal made to Congres to extend the New Deal. It increased the minimum wage, social security was extended to more people, and more housing projects.
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Very important event during 1948. Political candidates:
Truman-Democrat
Southern Democrats (Dixiecrats led by J. Strom Thurmond)
Republicans- NY governor Thomas E Dewey.
Republicans thought that they had the better chance at winning. But Truman made a suprising win after his outstanding campagin -
Berlin's acess to supplies are cut off. Truman agrees that support to Berlin is necessary. Thus, and airlift is performed to deliver supplies.
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The Marshall plan is approved by Congress.
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Nato is formed.
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The Korean War begins making the "Cold War Hot"
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Between April and June of 1954, Sen McCarthy, an extreme advocate for anticommunism in the US, went after the army and was tried for doing so. The famous quote from these hearings: "Have you left no sense of decency?" from the army's lawyer
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Russia launches a satallite and causes concern among Americans fearing that they weren't up to date with technology
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Soviet Russia shoots down the US U-2 spy plane.
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Cuban missile crisis begins.