HIST 2013 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Yalta Conference, Anti-Communism, Fair Deal
25 Aug 2016
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Cold war reshaped international relations and dominated global politics for 50+ years: us industry military-industrial complex - planes, munitions, electronic devices, us politics blurred lines between international and domestic agendas of anticommunism. Cold war from end of wwii to 1991 with dissolution of soviet union. Origins of the cold war: wwii, yalta conference feb. 1945. Germany divided into 4 administrative zones, each controlled by one of the. The fair deal criticisms about ideas/policies aligning socialism and communism: universal healthcare, fair employment practice committee, increased education spending. The first small crack in the new deal coalition. The dixiecrats southern states" rights democrats: strom thurmond, southern whites not on board with desegregation. Concept of freedom, and its importance to the cold war struggle; puts a strain on contradictions within the united states. Truman"s push for civil rights and the dixiecrat response, shows the first crack in the new deal.
