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Truman & the Truman & the beginnings of beginnings of the Cold Warthe Cold War
““Now, truth is not always a pleasant thing. Now, truth is not always a pleasant thing. But it is necessary now to make a choice, But it is necessary now to make a choice,
to choose between two admittedly to choose between two admittedly regrettable, but nevertheless regrettable, but nevertheless
distinguishable, postwar environments: distinguishable, postwar environments: one where you got twenty million people one where you got twenty million people
killed, and the other where you got a killed, and the other where you got a hundred and fifty million people killed.hundred and fifty million people killed.””
- - Buck TurginsonBuck TurginsonDr. Stranglove or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Dr. Stranglove or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to
Love the BombLove the Bomb
““Give Give ‘‘em Hell em Hell HarryHarry””
• FDR’s running mate & eventual VP in 1944.
• Chosen b/c of his centrist views• VP for less than 3 mo before
becoming president
“Is there anything we can do for you? For you are the one in trouble now."
Demobilization after Demobilization after WW IIWW II
Problems at Problems at HomeHome
Inflation
Labor issues
Employment Act of 1946
Taft Hartley Act
Development of the Cold
Development of the Cold
WarWar
Stalin argued thatStalin argued thatcapitalismcapitalism and and
communismcommunism could could never coexist. never coexist.
Churchill respondedChurchill respondedthat an that an ““Iron CurtainIron Curtain
had descendedhad descendedacross theacross theContinentContinent..””
““The The Iron Iron
CurtainCurtain””
Truman & the Cold WarTruman & the Cold War
Containment Policy • Argued USSR was
trying to do TWO things:
1.defeat capitalism2. expand the Soviet
sphere of influence.– US would stand firm,
restrict and halt Soviet and Communist expansion.
HOW?HOW?• Help countries who
were threatened by Communism with financial and economic assistance, propaganda -politically and militarily.– Adopted by President
Truman in 1946. – Opposite of
Appeasement