Truman Doctrine - US would support any nation resisting communist expansion with $ and military aid, Containment - The U.S. would actively oppose the spread of communism through military & economic aid; keep communism where it already existed: Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan - Key example of containment; provided massive economic aid to rebuild Europe after WWII to help them resist the spread of Communism, Berlin Airlift - Response to USSR blockade of Berlin; US and Britain flew thousands of flights delivering food/supplies to Berlin, “Iron Curtain” - Term coined by Winston Churchill that symbolized the divide between Western Europe and USSR-dominated Eastern Europe, NATO - Collective defense and alliance of Western countries against Soviet aggression in Europe, Rosenberg Case - US couple executed for giving atomic secrets to Soviets, Korean War - 1st proxy (hot) war between communist North Korea (supported by USSR) and capitalist South Korea (US support), Fair Deal - Tried to expand the role of the Fed gov’t to build on New Deal, but stopped by Republican Congress,

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