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Harry S. Truman
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President during the cold war.
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Fair Deal
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a program under Harry Truman that
called for new projects to create jobs, new public housing, and an end to racial discrimination in hiring. (p. 791) |
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Cold War
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the state of hostility, without direct military
conflict, that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II. (p. 792) |
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Containment
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the blocking by
one nation of another nation’s attempts to spread influence—especially the efforts of the United States to block the spread of Soviet Communism during the late 1940s and early 1950s. (p. 793) |
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Truman Doctrine
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a policy that promised aid to people
struggling to resist threats to democratic freedom. (p. 793) |
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NATO
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the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a
military alliance formed in 1949 by ten Western European countries, the United States, and Canada. (p. 793) |
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Marshall Plan
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approved in 1948, the United States
gave more than $13 billion to help the nations of Europe after World War II. (p. 779) |
