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Unit 8 – The Postwar Period and Cold War, 1945–1980
Topic 8.2
What could have been a potential outcome if the U.S. had not implemented the policy of containment during the Cold War?
The Marshall Plan would not have been created.
The U.S. would likely have faced immediate military conflict with the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union's influence might have spread uncontrollably through Europe and Asia.
There would have been an early end to the Cold War due to reduced tensions.
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