HISTORY
THE COLD WAR ERA
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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taking over the governments of several Western European nations
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increasing opportunities for political refugees to settle in the United States
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holding a series of summit meetings with leaders of the Soviet Union
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establishing policies of economic and military aid for European nations
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Marshall Plan, also known as the European Recovery Program, was a U.S. program providing aid to Western Europe following the devastation of World War II. It was enacted in 1948 and provided more than $15 billion to help finance rebuilding efforts on the continent.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Truman Doctrine, also known as the policy of containment, was President Harry Truman’s foreign policy that the US would provide political, military, and economic aid to democratic countries under the threat of communist influences in order to prevent the expansion of communism.
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: -In the activity Containment in Korea: Entering the Korean War, students analyze President Truman’s press release of June 27, 1950, announcing that he was committing American forces to a combined United Nations military effort in Korea at the beginning of the Korean War.
Detailed explanation-5: -By 1947, the United States adopted a policy of containment to restrict Soviet global power. This became a defining element of foreign policy in President Harry Truman’s administration.