National+Security+Act

=THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT =

The National security act was enacted and took effect on July 26, 1947. What is The National Security Act? The National Security Act was after WORLD WAR II. The act reorginized the U.S. Armed Forces (The Air Force, The Navy, The Army, The Marines, and The Navy Seals). The act plcaed the comand of all the armed forces in the hand of the Secretary Of Defense. each armed force could than organize themselves likewise, but the highest up authority was the secretary of Defense.

Why was the National Security Act Created??? Who Created The National Security Act??? President Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman was the President in office and is also the President who sighed and wrote the act
 * 1) The National Security act was created after the World War II to keep the Idea of communism out of The United States.
 * 2) The Presidents idea of keeping communism out of the U.S. was known as containment.
 * 3) To carry out this act the congress passed the National Security Act in 1947.
 * 4) The act Created a Department Of defense.
 * 5) The National security counsel (NSC) was created to advise the president.
 * 6) The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was created to spy on other country's.

[|Background on Harry S. Truman]

Who Was The First Secretary Of Defense??? James Forrestal [|Background on James Forrestal:] A List Of The Secretary Of Defense [|Lyndon B. Johnson] || [|Gerald Ford] || [|Barack Obama] || How is The National Security Act Related to other events in the 20th century? THE NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT: The National Defense Act doubled the united armed foces during WORLD WAR 1 [|Background on the National Defense Act]
 * ~ # ||~ Picture ||~ Name ||~ State of Residence ||~ Took Office ||~ Left Office ||~ [|President(s)] served under ||
 * 1 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/James_Forrestal.jpg/75px-James_Forrestal.jpg width="75" height="92" caption="James Forrestal" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:James_Forrestal.jpg"]] || [|James Vincent Forrestal] || [|Minnesota] || September 19, 1947 || March 19, 1949 || [|Harry S. Truman] ||
 * 2 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Louis_Johnson_official_DoD_photo.jpg/75px-Louis_Johnson_official_DoD_photo.jpg width="75" height="92" caption="Louis A. Johnson" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Louis_Johnson_official_DoD_photo.jpg"]] || [|Louis Arthur Johnson] || [|Wisconsin] || March 28, 1949 || September 19, 1950 ||^  ||
 * 3 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/General_George_C._Marshall%2C_official_military_photo%2C_1946.JPEG/75px-General_George_C._Marshall%2C_official_military_photo%2C_1946.JPEG width="75" height="114" caption="George C. Marshall" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:General_George_C._Marshall,_official_military_photo,_1946.JPEG"]] || [|George Catlett Marshall, Jr.] || [|Georgia] || September 19, 1950 || September 19, 1951 ||^  ||
 * 4 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Robert_A._Lovett.jpg/75px-Robert_A._Lovett.jpg width="75" height="106" caption="Robert A. Lovett" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_A._Lovett.jpg"]] || [|Robert Abercrombie Lovett] || [|New York] || September 19, 1951 || January 19, 1953 ||^  ||
 * 5 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Charles_Wilson_official_DoD_photo.jpg/75px-Charles_Wilson_official_DoD_photo.jpg width="75" height="92" caption="Charles E. Wilson" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Wilson_official_DoD_photo.jpg"]] || [|Charles Erwin Wilson] || [|Alaska] || January 19, 1953 || October 8, 1957 || [|Dwight D. Eisenhower] ||
 * 6 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Neil_McElroy_official_DoD_photo.jpg/75px-Neil_McElroy_official_DoD_photo.jpg width="75" height="92" caption="Neil H. McElroy" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Neil_McElroy_official_DoD_photo.jpg"]] || [|Neil Hosler McElroy] || [|Ohio] || October 9, 1957 || December 1, 1959 ||^  ||
 * 7 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Thomas_Gates_official_DoD_photo.jpg/75px-Thomas_Gates_official_DoD_photo.jpg width="75" height="92" caption="Thomas S. Gates" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Gates_official_DoD_photo.jpg"]] || [|Thomas Sovereign Gates] || [|Pennsylvania] || December 2, 1959 || January 20, 1961 ||^  ||
 * 8 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Robert_McNamara_official_portrait.jpg/75px-Robert_McNamara_official_portrait.jpg width="75" height="94" caption="Robert McNamara" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_McNamara_official_portrait.jpg"]] || [|Robert Strange McNamara] || [|Michigan] || January 21, 1961 || February 29, 1968 || [|John F. Kennedy],
 * 9 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Clifford2list.png/75px-Clifford2list.png width="75" height="94" caption="Clark M. Clifford" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Clifford2list.png"]] || [|Clark McAdams Clifford] || [|Kansas] || March 1, 1968 || January 20, 1969 || [|Lyndon B. Johnson] ||
 * 10 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Melvin_Laird_official_photo.JPEG/75px-Melvin_Laird_official_photo.JPEG width="75" height="94" caption="Melvin R. Laird" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Melvin_Laird_official_photo.JPEG"]] || [|Melvin Robert Laird] || [|Wisconsin] || January 22, 1969 || January 29, 1973 || [|Richard Nixon] ||
 * 11 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/ElliotLeeRichardson.jpg/75px-ElliotLeeRichardson.jpg width="75" height="92" caption="Elliot L. Richardson" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ElliotLeeRichardson.jpg"]] || [|Elliot Lee Richardson] || [|Massachusetts] || January 30, 1973 || May 24, 1973 ||^  ||
 * 12 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/James_Schlesinger_official_DoD_photo.jpg/75px-James_Schlesinger_official_DoD_photo.jpg width="75" height="92" caption="Schlesinger" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:James_Schlesinger_official_DoD_photo.jpg"]] || [|James Rodney Schlesinger] || [|Virginia] || July 2, 1973 || November 19, 1975 || [|Richard Nixon],
 * 13 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Donald_Rumsfeld.jpg/75px-Donald_Rumsfeld.jpg width="75" height="94" caption="Rumsfeld" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Donald_Rumsfeld.jpg"]] || [|Donald Henry Rumsfeld] || [|Illinois] || November 20, 1975 || January 20, 1977 || [|Gerald Ford] ||
 * 14 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Harold_Brown_photo_portrait_standing.jpg/75px-Harold_Brown_photo_portrait_standing.jpg width="75" height="95" caption="Harold Brown" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Harold_Brown_photo_portrait_standing.jpg"]] || [|Harold Brown] || [|California] || January 21, 1977 || January 20, 1981 || [|Jimmy Carter] ||
 * 15 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Caspar_Weinberger_official_photo.jpg/75px-Caspar_Weinberger_official_photo.jpg width="75" height="86" caption="Caspar W. Weinberger" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Caspar_Weinberger_official_photo.jpg"]] || [|Caspar Willard Weinberger] || [|California] || January 21, 1981 || November 23, 1987 || [|Ronald Reagan] ||
 * 16 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Frank_Carlucci_at_a_press_conference%2C_1988.jpg/75px-Frank_Carlucci_at_a_press_conference%2C_1988.jpg width="75" height="113" caption="Carlucci" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Frank_Carlucci_at_a_press_conference,_1988.jpg"]] || [|Frank Charles Carlucci III] || [|Pennsylvania] || November 23, 1987 || January 20, 1989 ||^  ||
 * - || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/William_Howard_Taft_IV%2C_Deptuty_Secretary_of_Defense%2C_official_portrait.JPEG/75px-William_Howard_Taft_IV%2C_Deptuty_Secretary_of_Defense%2C_official_portrait.JPEG width="75" height="96" caption="William Howard Taft IV, Deptuty Secretary of Defense, official portrait.JPEG" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:William_Howard_Taft_IV,_Deptuty_Secretary_of_Defense,_official_portrait.JPEG"]] || [|William Howard Taft IV] (acting) || [|Virginia] || January 20, 1989 || March 20, 1989 || [|George H. W. Bush] ||
 * 17 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Secretary_of_Defense_Richard_B._Cheney%2C_official_portrait.jpg/75px-Secretary_of_Defense_Richard_B._Cheney%2C_official_portrait.jpg width="75" height="94" caption="Cheney" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Secretary_of_Defense_Richard_B._Cheney,_official_portrait.jpg"]] || [|Richard Bruce Cheney] || [|Wyoming] || March 21, 1989 || January 20, 1993 ||^  ||
 * 18 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Les_Aspin_official_DoD_photo.jpg/75px-Les_Aspin_official_DoD_photo.jpg width="75" height="92" caption="Les Aspin" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Les_Aspin_official_DoD_photo.jpg"]] || [|Leslie Aspin, Jr.] || [|Wisconsin] || January 21, 1993 || February 3, 1994 || [|Bill Clinton] ||
 * 19 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/William_Perry_official_DoD_photo.jpg/75px-William_Perry_official_DoD_photo.jpg width="75" height="92" caption="William J. Perry" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:William_Perry_official_DoD_photo.jpg"]] || [|William James Perry] || [|California] || February 3, 1994 || January 24, 1997 ||^  ||
 * 20 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/William_Cohen%2C_official_portrait.jpg/75px-William_Cohen%2C_official_portrait.jpg width="75" height="98" caption="William S. Cohen" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:William_Cohen,_official_portrait.jpg"]] || [|William Sebastian Cohen] || [|Maine] || January 24, 1997 || January 20, 2001 ||^  ||
 * 21 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Rumsfeld1.jpg/75px-Rumsfeld1.jpg width="75" height="94" caption="Rumsfeld" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rumsfeld1.jpg"]] || [|Donald Henry Rumsfeld] || [|Illinois] || January 20, 2001 || December 18, 2006 || [|George W. Bush] ||
 * 22 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Robert_Gates%2C_official_DoD_photo_portrait%2C_2006.jpg/75px-Robert_Gates%2C_official_DoD_photo_portrait%2C_2006.jpg width="75" height="94" caption="Gates" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Gates,_official_DoD_photo_portrait,_2006.jpg"]] || [|Robert Michael Gates] || [|Texas] || December 18, 2006 || Incumbent || [|George W. Bush],

THE RED SCARE: The National Security act was created to keep Communism out of the united states. This was connected because people were very scared of communists and so People didn't want to interact with people who were thought to be communists. Background on the Red Scare Sources Cites Used in my Noodle Bib and in this Project: ABC Clio. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 May 2010. . http://www.americanhistory.abc-clio.com/‌Search/‌Display.aspx?categoryid=31&entryid=254757&searchtext=the+national+security+act&type=simple&option=all. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 May 2010. . http://www.worldbookonline.com/‌student/‌article?id=ar152180&st=the+national+security+act+of+1947. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 May 2010. . Viola, Herman J. Why We Remember. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print. www.wikipedia.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 May 2010. .