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result in U.S. of Chinese civil war
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U.S. were scared and blamed Truman and the Democrats for not doing more to stop communism.
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NATO
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The US, Canada, and western Europe nations created this alliance to defend against the Soviets.
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Warsaw pact
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Alliance between Soviet Union and communist Eastern Europe
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Second red scare
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fear in us after ww2 that communists were trying to take over the government from the inside.
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Potsdam conference
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Truman, stalin, and Atlee. stalin backed off promise to allow democratic election.
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Iron curtain
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an imaginary line that separated the communist countries of eastern Europe from the democratic countries of western Europe
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U.N.- goals.
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international peacekeeping organization that all countries can belong to. keep peace around the world, protect human rights, right poverty and hunger. Two division are General Assembly and security council.
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containment-. Truman doctrine-.Marshall plan
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Truman ' s strategy to stop the Soviets. US should give money and weapons to any country facing a communist take over. US gave billions of dollars worth of food and supplies to any country that wanted to rebuild after ww2. goals: make allies, created trading partners.
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