Chapter+36+Reading+Objectives

__**After reading this section of the textbook, you should be able to:**__ 1. Explain the causes and consequences of the post-WWII economic boom. 2.Describe the large postwar migrations to the Sunbelt and the suburbs. 3. Explain changes in American society and culture brought about by the baby boom. 4. Explain the origin and causes of the emerging conflict between the US and the Soviet Union after Germany’s defeat and Truman’s accession to the presidency. 5.Describe the early US-Soviet Cold War conflicts over Germany and Eastern Europe, and explain why the United Nations proved largely ineffectual in addressing them. 6.Discuss the American theory and practice of containment, as reflected in the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and NATO. 7.Describe the concern about Soviet spying and communist subversion within the US and the increasing climate of fear it engendered. 8.Describe the expansion of the Cold War to East Asia, including the Chinese communist revolution and the Korean War.

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