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APUSH Unit 5 / Period 8 Flash Cards After WWII, the U.S. struggled to live up to its ideals while also being an international leader Chapter 26 Containment a) US policy established by Truman Doctrine stating US will stop spread of communism everywhere b) 1947 (1950s, 1960s, 1970s) c) Earth d) Relates to United States struggling to live up to its ideals while also being an international leader because US was trying to lead world against communism Mao Zedong a) Aka Mao Tse-tung; sometimes called Chairman Mao; Chinese Communist revolutionary / founding father of the People's Republic of China b) 1945/9-1976 c) China d) Relates to United States struggling to live up to its ideals while also being an international leader because U.S. attempted to stop China from becoming communist under Mao (even though most Chinese wanted it to) Joseph McCarthy / McCarthyism a) Republican U.S. Senator from Wisconsin; became most visible public face of fear of Communism; noted for making claims about Communists / Soviet spies & sympathizers in the US federal government; McCarthyism = anti-communist activities & today term is used more generally to reckless, unsubstantiated accusations against political opponents b) 1947-1957 ff c) US d) Relates to United States struggling to live up to its ideals while also being an international leader because some in U.S. threatened free speech / expression in order to try to stop international communism House Committee on UnAmerican Activity (HUAC) a) committee of U.S. House of Representatives that investigated allegations of communist activity in the U.S. b) 1938-1975 c) U.S. d) Relates to United States struggling to live up to its ideals while also being an international leader because some in U.S. threatened free speech / expression in order to try to stop international communism NSC 68 a) National Security Council memo called for massive build-up of military forces to fight communism abroad b) April 1950 c) U.S. / Earth d) Relates to United States struggling to live up to its ideals while also being an international leader because made it possible for U.S.t o use its military to try to contain communism everywhere it appeared