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nominated for Vice President
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GI Bill of Rights
Offered Federal aid to help veterans adjust to civilian life
Provided tuition, subsistence, books and supplies, equipment, counseling services to continue their education -
at Yalta, Ukraine
Stalin operating under spheres of influence -
Began with cloud of mistrust
New coldness in relations between USSR and US -
amend much of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935
Vetoed by Truman
President appoint board of inquiry
Closed shops – illegal
Forbid jurisdictional strikes
Forbids unions from contributing to political campaign
Union leaders to take oath stating that they were not communist -
mandated a major reorganization of foreign policy and military
National Security Council
Central Intelligence Act (CIA)
Department of Defense -
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Republican Convention
Robert Taft
Thomas Dewey Democratic Convention Dixiecrats Storm Thurmond of South Carolina Harry Truman -
all American military personnel maintaining communication equipment – out
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US military supply train halted
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all land and water access to West Berlin cut off
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Officially ended September 30, 1949
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Truman chose not to run again
Democratic
Adlai E Stevenson
Republican
Dwight D Eisenhower
VP – Nixon -
12,000 French troops parachuted into Dien Bien Phu
Plan: Pleaded for help from US -
Viet Minh overwhelmed the French Ended French colonial rule in Asia