Chapter 26 Key Terms
1. Cold War
2. Truman Doctrine
3. Marshall Plan
4. Berlin Blockade
5. NATO
6. Taft-Hartley Act
7. HUAC
8. McCarthyism
9. Korean War
10. National Security Council Paper (NSC-68)
11. Iron curtain
12. Douglas MacArthur
13. Containment
14. Baby Boom
15. Fair Deal
16. Southern Democrats (Dixiecrats)
Guided Reading
a. Explain the causes and consequences of the post-World War II economic
boom.
b. Describe the postwar migrations to the “sunbelt” and the suburbs.
c. Explain changes in American society and culture brought about by the “baby
boom.”
d. Explain the growth of tension between the United States and the Soviet
Union after Germany’s defeat and Truman’s accession to the presidency.
e. Describe the early Cold War conflicts over Germany and Eastern Europe, and
the failure of the United Nations to resolve Soviet-American tensions.
f. Discuss American efforts to “contain” the Soviets through the Truman
Doctrine, the Marshall Plan and NATO.
g. Describe the growing concern about Soviet spying and internal communist
subversion, and climate of fear it engendered.
h. Describe the expansion of the Cold War to East Asia, including the Chinese
Communist revolution and the Korean War.