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1. What were the Soviets afraid of after WWII and how did they plan to solve the problem?
2. If communism were to spread widely, how would U.S. global trade be affected?
3. What did President Truman mean when he pledged to support freedom-loving peoples
against communist threats?
4. What foreign policy is the more effective way to help countries in need and to prevent the
spread of communism, the Marshall Plan or the Truman Doctrine? Why?
5. What were some of the pros and cons of anti-communist domestic policy during the Cold
War?
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2. Were the domestic anti-communist policies during McCarthyism justified? Why or why
not?
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