POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
THE MARSHALL PLAN
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Question
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The Truman Doctrine became known as:
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The Marshall Plan
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The policy of Containment
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The Riga Axioms
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The Domino Theory
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Overview. In 1947, President Harry S. 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: -It called for U.S. policy initiatives toward communism in general, and the Soviet Union specifically, to “contain” communism in countries where it existed in 1946.
Detailed explanation-3: -Truman asks for U.S. assistance for Greece and Turkey to forestall communist domination of the two nations. Historians have often cited Truman’s address, which came to be known as the Truman Doctrine, as the official declaration of the Cold War.
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