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Chapter Review

REVIEW & RELATE

  1. Question

    Why did American policymakers believe that containing Communist expansion should be the foundation of American foreign policy?

  2. Question

    What role did mutual misunderstandings and mistrust play in the emergence of the Cold War?

  3. Question

    What were the causes and consequences of the militarization of the containment strategy in the late 1940s and early 1950s?

  4. Question

    How did the Korean War contribute to the centralization of power in the executive branch?

  5. Question

    What social and economic challenges did America face as it made the transition from war to peace?

  6. Question

    Why did Truman have only limited success in implementing his domestic agenda?

  7. Question

    Why did fear of Communists in positions of influence escalate in the late 1940s and early 1950s?

  8. Question

    Why was McCarthyism much more powerful than Joseph McCarthy?