USA HISTORY

THE COLD WAR 1950 1973

JOHN F KENNEDY AND THE COLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Term for the idea that stated that if one nation fell to communism, others would follow
A
Containment
B
The Domino Theory
C
Roll back Theory
D
McCarthyism
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The domino theory was a Cold War policy that suggested a communist government in one nation would quickly lead to communist takeovers in neighboring states, each falling like a row of dominos.

Detailed explanation-2: -Eisenhower coins one of the most famous Cold War phrases when he suggests the fall of French Indochina to the communists could create a “domino” effect in Southeast Asia. The so-called “domino theory” dominated U.S. thinking about Vietnam for the next decade.

Detailed explanation-3: -domino theory, also called domino effect, theory adopted in U.S. foreign policy after World War II according to which the “fall” of a noncommunist state to communism would precipitate the fall of noncommunist governments in neighbouring states. The theory was first proposed by Pres.

Detailed explanation-4: -It purports that all accidents, whether in a residence or a workplace environment, are the result of a chain of events.

Detailed explanation-5: -The argument insisted on the necessity for the United States to fight and win in Vietnam, for if South Vietnam fell to the communists and turned communist, then this would set in motion the tumbling of other states in the region-like falling dominoes; as Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Burma would turn communist as well.

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