 | Chapter Objectives
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When you have finished studying this chapter, you should be able to:
- Discuss the origins of the Cold War.
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- Explain what factors complicated the conversion from war to peace.
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- Explain the concept of containment.
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- Discuss the domestic consequences of the Cold War and the rise and decline of McCarthyism.
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- Explain Truman's upset win over Dewey in 1948 and the Republican success in capturing the White House in 1952.
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