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STEP 3: PUT IT ALL TOGETHER

CHAPTER 26 STUDY GUIDE

PUT IT ALL TOGETHER

Now, take a step back and try to explain the big picture. Remember to use specific examples from the chapter in your answers.

THE UNITED STATES AND THE POSTWAR WORLD What interests did American and Soviet policymakers think were at stake in Eastern Europe? How did events in the region contribute to the growing Cold War? What was the policy of containment? What assumptions about Soviet power and intentions were at the heart of the policy?	TRUMAN AND THE FAIR DEAL How did Truman propose to expand the New Deal? In what areas did he succeed, and in what areas did he fail? What explains the rise of McCarthyism? Why did so many Americans believe that the country faced a grave internal threat to its security?
THE KOREAN WAR How did the policy of containment lead to American involvement in Korea? What impact did the Korean War have on American domestic politics?	LOOKING BACKWARD, LOOKING AHEAD How did American and Soviet experiences between 1918 and 1945 lay the groundwork for the Cold War? How did the Cold War set the stage for American life in the 1950s?

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