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Containment Policy
They were strategies to prevent the spread of communism.
It was a big part in the Cold war since the Soviet Union wanted to spread its sphere of communism. -
McCarthyism
Senator Joseph McCarthy was the reason for McCarthyism.
McCarthy said communist spies were omnipresent and that he was Americans only salvation. -
Korean War
The Korean war started when North Korea invaded South Korea.
American troops had entered the war in behalf of South Korea.
The war ended in July 1953.
The Korean peninsula is still divided today. -
War Power Acts
This act was passed after the Vietnam War.
This act basically said that the president has the right to send american troops into combat areas without needing the congress approval.
