Chapter 27 - The Cold War and the Fair Deal (1945-1952)

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Soviet Union

At the end of the Second World War, the ________ established "friendly "governments in the Eastern European countries it occupied behind an iron curtain of totalitarian control and secrecy.

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Truman

________ was more successful in expanding Social Security and, through executive orders, desegregating the military and banning racial discrimination in the hiring of federal employees.

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McCarthyism

________ flourished in the short term because the threat of a world dominated by Communist governments seemed all too real to many Americans.

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Trumans Fair Deal

________ was proposed to expand the New Deal despite intense Republican opposition in Congress.

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South Korea

When North Korean troops invaded ________ in June 1950, Truman quickly decided to go to war under the auspices of the United Nations.

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