USA HISTORY

POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959

THE DESCENT OF THE IRON CURTAIN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was Truman’s response to Stalin’s rapid spread of communism?
A
Warsaw Pact
B
Containment
C
Red Scare
D
Rationing
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Truman pledged that the United States would help any nation resist communism in order to prevent its spread. His policy of containment is known as the Truman Doctrine.

Detailed explanation-2: -By many accounts, Truman saw Stalin as a cordial ally. “I like Stalin, ” he wrote in a July 29, 1945, letter to his wife. “He is straightforward, knows what he wants and will compromise when he can’t get it.” Truman also invited Stalin to the United States and said he would send the USS Missouri for the Soviet leader.

Detailed explanation-3: -Truman’s response to the Soviet Union’s sphere of influence and current conditions of war-torn Europe would become known as the Truman Doctrine. This doctrine proposed to give aid to countries that were suffering from the aftermath of World War II and threatened by Soviet oppression.

Detailed explanation-4: -Unsurprisingly, Stalin was extremely skeptical of the plan and believed it would create an anti-Soviet bloc. Though the aid was open to all European countries, Stalin ordered those under his Eastern Bloc to reject American aid, and created a Soviet plan as a response to the Marshall Plan.

Detailed explanation-5: -Truman adopted a policy of containment, in which the U.S. would attempt to prevent the spread of Communism but would not actively seek to regain territory already lost to Communism. He also announced the Truman Doctrine, a policy of aiding countries in danger of falling to Communism.

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