HIS 109 Final Exam

Who: U.S Soviet union and united kingdom. What: the three met to discuss future peace after WWII When: 1945 Where: the city of Yalta Sig: lead to Soviet union joining united nations……. Lead to cold war tentions

Who: named after George marshall What: a plan to rebuild Europe but would use U.S goods when: after WWII. Where: Europe Sig: rebuilt many cities in Europe but the industries had all the new equiptment and gave their econ a boost ahead of the US’s some countries like the Soviets did not take help from the US and this would lead to some countries becoming democratic and some becoming communist and escalating cold war tensions

Who: U.S Canada and western European Nations What: North Atlantic Treaty organization. U.S would pledge to go to war if one of its allies were attacked When: 1949 Where: signed in Belgium Sig: provided a defense if Soviet Union decided to attack western Europe but lead to the soviets and eastern European countries forming the warsaw powers and escalating cold war tensions

Who: Taft and Hartley What: law that reduced the power of organized labor and made it more difficult to organize workers. When: 1947 Where: the U.S Sig: Many southern and western states would pass a right to work law and incouraged many businesses to move to these areas.

Who: voulenteer civilians. What: civilians who watched for invading aircrafts When: Began during WWII and wwas also poular in the 50s Where: U.S.Sig: Helped unify the nation against communist attacks

Who: Wisconsin senator What: made many accusations about communist within our border. Also stated that the communist within our border were more responsible for the success of communism than the Russians. When: during the cold war. Where: Sig: raised awareness and increased the anti-communist crusade.

Who: National security council What: A top secrete report on the U.S’s military strength. Warned that the survival of the nation required a massive military build up and a tripling of the budget. When: 1950 Where: U.S. Sig: although it was mainly due to the Korean war the military spending still went up from 14 to 50 billion and increased U.S capacity to act as a global power.

Who: recived by people who served in the military What: Money given to people who served for things like living expenses and tuition When: After WWII Where: U.S. Sig: raised Americans potential income, gave them money for college, provided unemployment, and kept the economy from crashing after the war

Who: Nixon and Khrushchev What: showed off an American house with lots of technology to the soviets to show off capitolism When: 1959 Where: Moscow and new York Sig: showed off the American way of living to keep many from turning to communist and gave a slight pause in the cold war

Who: William Levitt what: Affordable housing community when: mid 1900’s Where: Started in NY but spread to other states and cities Sig: Made housing affordable, when people bought a house they also bought appliances so it boosted the econ

Who: Emmitt Till What: A black man that was murdered by whites When: 1955 Where: Mississippi Sig: The media exposure during the trial led to whites seeing how bad blacks had it and helped unite blacks against discrimination

Who: started with the Pittsburg courier journal What: a campaign seeking victory over our enemies at home and on the battlefield. The battle at home was reffering to racism. When: 1940s Where: Throughout the nation Sig: was a step for the Civil rights movement.

Who: Brown (representing blacks) and the board of education What: court case that made segregation in schools illegal When: 1954 Where: every school but mainly effected south Sig: would prevent segregation in the school systems but sparked a massive resistance and sparked other movements for equality

Who: mainly white southerners What: resistence to the desegregation of schools When: mid 50s Where: mainly in south Sig: many whites would move to private school

Who: MLK What: letter, while in jail, that advocated peaceful protests during the CRM When: 1963 during the CRM Where: Burmingham Sig: advocated peaceful protest and helped spark the CRM