HISTORY
THE COLD WAR ERA
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Korean War
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Sending troops to South Vietnam
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The creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Truman Doctrine
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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: -As a government report from 1950 put it, the goals of containment were one: block further expansion of Soviet power, two: expose the falsities of Soviet pretensions, three: induce a retraction of the Kremlin’s control and influence, and four: in general, foster the seeds of destruction within the Soviet system.
Detailed explanation-3: -Kennan and Containment, 1947 George F. Kennan, a career Foreign Service Officer, formulated the policy of “containment, ‘’ the basic United States strategy for fighting the cold war (1947–1989) with the Soviet Union.
Detailed explanation-4: -What was the policy of containment and what conflicts does the author use as an example of this policy? It’s a strategy used by the military to contain or stop enemy movement. Ex: The USSR expands influence and sets up puppet governments they can control.