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=CHAPTER 26= =COLD WAR POLITICS IN THE TRUMAN YEARS (1945-1953)=

CHAPTER LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading and studying this chapter, students should be able to: • Explain how U.S. foreign policy shifted from grand alliance to containment. Determine the origins of the Cold War, and describe Truman’s initial response to it. Explain how the United States sought to build a national security state and how the superpower rivalry affected U.S. foreign policy. • Describe President Truman’s Fair Deal program. Analyze how his policy recommendations were shaped by postwar reconversion and economic concerns, and explain why the Fair Deal floundered. • Explain why the United States committed ground troops in Korea, and define the consequences of the military implementation of containment. Describe the fate of U.S. efforts in Korea, and explain the war’s influence on the presidential election of 1952. Analyze the costs of the Korean War.

READING ASSIGNMENT: Chapter 26, pages 780-807


 * Journal 1:** Define in your own words the term "Cold War."


 * Journal 2:** Complete all questions on page 807


 * Journal 3:** Complete the questions for the following documents









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