Harry Truman Apush Definition

Question: Harry S. Truman

Answer: 1884-1972; thirty-third president of the United States; he became president upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He led the U.S. through the end of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War

Question: George F. Kennan

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Question: Douglas MacArthur

Answer: (1880-1964), U.S. general. Commander of U.S. (later Allied) forces in the southwestern Pacific during World War II, he accepted Japan’s surrender in 1945 and administered the ensuing Allied occupation. He was in charge of UN forces in Korea 1950-51, before being forced to relinquish command by President Truman.

Question: Dean Acheson

Answer: American Secretary of State under Truman Administration. Known as one of the architects of the cold war. Played important role in creation of Lend Lease, The Truman Doctrine, The Marshall Plan, NATO and the World Bank.

Question: Joseph McCarthy

Answer: 1950s; Wisconsin senator claimed to have list of communists in American government, but no credible evidence; took advantage of fears of communism post WWII to become incredibly influential; “McCarthyism” was the fearful accusation of any dissenters of being communists

Question: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

Answer: Communists who received international attention when they were executed having been found guilty of conspiracy to commit espionage in relation to passing information on the American atomic bomb to the Soviet Union

Question: Reinhold Niebuhr

Answer: Influential liberal protestant clergyman who crusaded against what he perceived as the drift away from Christian foundations for over five decades after WWI.He was vehemently against fascism, communism, and pacifism, and divided the world into “children of light” and “children of darkness.”

Question: J. Robert Oppenheimer

Answer: lead the Manhattan Project, was the chair of the Atomic Energy Commission. He led a group of scientists in the development of the hydrogen bomb.

Question: Henry Wallace

Answer: Was nominated by the new Progressive party for the election of 1948. He was a misguided liberal that assailed “dollar imperialism”

Question: Thomas Dewey

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