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AP U.S. History Mr. Oglesby Chapter 36 The Cold War Begins 1945-1952 Vocabulary Terms Servicemen’s Readjustment Act United Nations Douglas MacArthur Berlin Airlift Sunbelt NATO Marshall Plan Cold War “Baby-Boom” Truman Doctrine Containment Thomas Dewey Harry Truman Joseph McCarthy HUAAC Taft-Hartley Act Important Questions 1. How and why did the American economy soar from 1950 to 1970? 2. How have economic and population changes shaped American society since World War II? 3. What were the immediate conflicts and deeper causes that led the United States and the Soviet Union to go from being allies to bitter Cold War rivals? 4. Explain the steps that led to the long-term involvement of the United States in major overseas military commitments, including NATO and the Korean War. How did expanding military power and the Cold War affect American society and ideas? 5. Discuss President Harry Truman’s role as a leader in both international and domestic affairs from 19451952. Does Truman deserve to be considered a “great” president? Why or why not? 6. Why did World War II – unlike World War I – lead to a permanent end to American isolationism? (See chapter 30). 7. Was the early Cold War primarily an ideological crusade of democracy against “international communism” and its totalitarian ideas, or was it essentially an American defense of its national security and economic interests against the direct threat of the Soviet Union? Support your answer by considering some of the key events of the early Cold War, including the Korean War.