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The Enduring Vision,
Fifth Edition
Paul S. Boyer, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Clifford E. Clark, Jr., Carleton College
et al.
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Chapter 26:
The Cold War Abroad and at Home, 1945-1952
- Why did the U.S. economy enjoy a boom after World War II rather than slide
back into depression?
- Explain why the president expounded the Truman Doctrine to Congress. What
was Truman proposing? Why did Congress go along with the doctrine?
- Why did the Soviet Union impose the Berlin blockade, and how did President Truman respond to it?
- Why were the communists able to take over China in 1949? How did some Republicans
explain communist success in China?
- Who supported Senator Joseph McCarthy and McCarthyism, and why?
- What accounts for the victory of Eisenhower and the other Republicans in
the election of 1952?
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