Nation of Nations Concise 2/e Davidson, Gienapp, Heyrman, Lytle, & Stoff
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When you have finished studying this chapter, you should be able to:

1. Discuss the origins of the cold war between the Soviet Union and the United States.

2. Explain what factors complicated the conversion from war to peace.

3. Explain the concept of containment.

4. Discuss the domestic consequences of the cold war and the rise and decline of McCarthyism.

5. Explain Truman's upset win over Dewey in 1948, the decline of Truman's political fortunes, and the Republican success in capturing the White House in 1952.

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