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Chapter 23 - Bastian
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04/16/2012

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Communism
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A political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs

a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.

a system of social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single and self-perpetuating political party.
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Truman Doctrine
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President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology . policy of the united states to support free people who are resisting outside pressures such as communism. it was a pledge to fight the spread of communism.
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Marshall Plan
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a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe named after George Marshall. it was offered to all countries in europe . it was a successful loan of 13 bilion and it reestablished trade with western europe
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NATO
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an international organization composed of the US, Canada, Britain, and a number of European countries. it was based on the idea of collective security. it alarmed soviet leaders so them and eastern europe made a military alliance under the warsaw pact.
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mccarthyism
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after J. R. McCarthy. Basically, it was the American variety of fascism. a campaign against alleged communists in the US government carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy. Many of the accused were blacklisted or lost their jobs, although most did not in fact belong to the Communist Party
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taft hartley act
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A labor amendment of the Wagner Act, that guaranteed employees' bargaining rights and also specified unfair labor union practices that would not be permitted
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