HISTORY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: X Article, Millard Tydings, Earl Browder
2 Nov 2016
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Potsdam conference (1945) followed up on the yalta conf. , dividing up germany and ensuring that the ussr did not demand reparations from western germany, truman believed. Stalin broke del by refusing to offer free elections to eastern germany, represented last moment of unity between ussr and usa. Marshall plan (1948) 1st proposed in a speech by secretary of state george marshall at. Harvard university, loaned billion to europe over a period of 4 years to subsidize the reconstruction of european infrastructure, represented the commitment to preventing the expansion of communism in europe. Millard tydings democratic congressman from maryland, led committee that concluded. Mccarthy"s claim that the state department was full of communists was fraud and a hoax, fake pictures were distributed to suggest that tydings was associated with the communist party leader. Iron curtain winston churchill, described what stalin had set up in europe, refereeing to the divide between capitalism and communism.
