APUSH - Period 8 Frame 2 Vocab

granted $13 billion in aid for former GI’s, ranging from educational grants to housing and other services to assist with the getting back into society after the war.

Truman’s policy agenda; he raised the minimum wage from 65 to 75 cents an hour, expanded Social Security benefits to cover 10 million more people, and provided government funding for 100,000 low-income public housing units and for urban renewal

amended the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 and imposed certain restrictions of the money and power of labor unions, including a prohibition against mandatory closed shops.

prompted by fear of Stalin (Atomic Bomb), Communist growth (“loss” of China) and Korean frustrations

originally established to seek out Nazis, was reactivated in the postwar years to find Communists. The committee not only investigated gov’t officials but also looked for Communist influence in other organizations.

Convicted by HUAC for contempt including Dalton Trumbo

Former state government official denied the accusations that he was a Communist and had given secret documents to Whittaker Chambers, a confessed Communist. He was convicted of perjury and sent to prison. Many Americans couldn’t help wondering whether the highest levels of gov’t were infiltrated by Communist spies.

Truman began policy in 1947 in response to uncertainty about government employees during the 2 nd Red Scare

made it unlawful to advocate or support the establishment of a totalitarian gov’t, restricted the employment and travel of those joining Communist-front organizations, and authorized the creation of detention camps for subversives.

when the Soviets tested their first atomic bomb, many Americans were convinced spies helped them steal the technology from the U.S. An FBI investigation traced a spy ring to a couple in the US. They were found guilty of treason and executed for the crime in 1953. Civil rights groups raised questions about whether anticommunist hysteria had played a role in the conviction and punishment of the couple.

used the growing concern over communism in his reelection campaign. He charged that 205 Communists were still working for the State Department. He used a steady stream of unsupported accusations about Communists in gov’t to keep the media focus on himself and to discredit the Truman administration.