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Grand Expectations, Great fears, America in the Cold War Flashcards

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containment

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preventing communism from spreading after WW2 proposed by president Truman 1947

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Harry S. Truman

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President who dropped the atomic bomb

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cold war

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USA vs Soviet Union 1945-1990 (45 years)

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Iron curtain

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symbolic barrier between pro-western countries and pro-soviet countries in europe. soviets restricted movement and exposure to the west

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marshall plan

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aid to western europe to help recover from ww2 *rebuild cities *avoid famine

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