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How did the U.S. oppose the Soviet Union in the wake of Hitler's defeat in May 1945?

What was the U.S.'s policy of containment post-WW2?

Hist 102 - Review 7 (Cold War Origins)

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What was the U.S.'s policy of containment post-WW2?
to prevent the spread of Communism to anywhere new
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to restrict international trade
to contain the production of nuclear weapons
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How did the U.S. oppose the Soviet Union in the wake of Hitler's defeat in May 1945?
Berline Airlift
Suppression of a Communist coup in Greece
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Marshall Plan
3
When Franklin Roosevelt died of a stroke in April 1945, who succeed him as president of the United States?
Dwight Eisenhower
Theodore Roosevelt
John Kennedy
Harry Truman
4
What characterized the Cold War between 1945 and 1991?
An international stalemate between Europe and Russia
Economic cooperation between the world's superpowers
The U.S. & U.S.S.R. competed with one another globally
An international conflict between Communism & Fascism
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How did the Soviet Union acquire an atom bomb by 1949?
nuclear espionage
by innovating new and unique engineering techniques
through its own scientific research and development
by securing a heavy water plant in Finland