THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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bring German and Japanese war criminals to justice
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stop the spread of Soviet influence around the world
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end colonialism in Africa and Asia
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limit the use of atomic bombs and other nuclear weapons
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Detailed explanation-1: -The “containment policy” was the U.S. approach to containing, or preventing, the spread of Communism after World War II. The idea was to make other countries prosperous enough to avoid the temptation of communism. An early test of containment came in Greece and Turkey.
Detailed explanation-2: -The United States adopted a policy of containment containment containment. It called for the United States to resist Soviet attempts to form new Communist governments. President Harry Truman applied this policy when he gave aid to Greece and Turkey to keep them from becoming Soviet satellite nations.
Detailed explanation-3: -The key goals of containment were to limit the spread of Soviet power and Communist ideology. Yet containment was never a defensive strategy; it was con ceived as an instrument to achieve victory in the Cold War.
Detailed explanation-4: -The U.S. adopted the Policy of Containment because communism seemed to be on the rise around the world in the late 1940s. The U.S. wanted to stop communism’s expansion without fighting an all out war with the Soviet Union and China.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.